3Objects of this Act

#### 3 Objects of this Act 3 Objects of this Act > > (1) The primary object of this Act is to implement a scheme to limit the effect of a person’s conviction for a relatively minor offence if the person completes a period of crime-free behaviour. On completion of the period, the conviction is to be regarded as spent and, subject to some exceptions, is not to form part of the person’s criminal history. > > > (2) The Act also provides for the effect of the quashing of a conviction and the pardoning of an offence. > > > (3) The Act also provides for a scheme to enable certain convictions for a number of decriminalised homosexual sexual conduct offences to become extinguished. > > **s 3:** Am 2014 No 69, Sch 1 \[1\].