5Findings and orders treated as convictions for the purposes of this Act

5 Findings and orders treated as convictions for the purposes of this Act

5 Findings and orders treated as convictions for the purposes of this Act

The following findings or orders of a court are treated as convictions for the purposes of this Act—

(a) a finding that an offence has been proved, or that a person is guilty of an offence, without proceeding to a conviction,

(b) a finding that an offence has been proved, or that a person is guilty of an offence, and the discharging of, or the making of an order releasing, the offender conditionally on entering into a recognizance to be of good behaviour for a specified period or on other conditions determined by the court,

(c) in the case of the Children’s Court, an order under section 33 of the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987, other than an order dismissing a charge.

s 5: Am 2000 No 93, Sch 2.13.