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NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
CRIMINAL RECORDS (SPENT CONVICTIONS) ACT 1992
As in force at 4 September 2025
Table of provisions
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Short title ......................................................................................... 1
2 Commencement .............................................................................. 1
3 Interpretation ................................................................................... 1
4 Application ....................................................................................... 6
Part 2 Spent convictions
5 Interpretation ................................................................................... 6
6 Convictions may be spent................................................................ 7
6A Spent convictions for offenders under 18 convicted in court
other than Youth Justice Court ........................................................ 7
7 Where court does not record or proceed to conviction .................... 9
8 Repealed provisions ...................................................................... 10
9 Conditional pardons....................................................................... 10
10 Revival of convictions which are spent convictions ....................... 10
Part 3 Effect of spent records
Division 1 Disclosure of records
11 Person not required to disclose spent record ................................ 10
12 Unlawful disclosure of spent record ............................................... 11
13 Spent records not to be taken into account for unauthorised
purpose.......................................................................................... 12
14 Unlawfully obtaining information .................................................... 12
Division 2 Exclusions
15 Exclusions in relation to spent convictions .................................... 12
15A Exclusion in relation to spent records ............................................ 13
Part 4 Miscellaneous
16 Act does not authorise contravention of other laws ....................... 14
17 Act does not affect certain other lawful acts .................................. 14
18 Destruction of records ................................................................... 14
19 Regulations.................................................................................... 15
Criminal Records (Spent Convictions) Act 1992 ii
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NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
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As in force at 4 September 2025
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CRIMINAL RECORDS (SPENT CONVICTIONS) ACT 1992
An Act to facilitate the more effective rehabilitation of certain offenders
by providing that, in certain circumstances, their criminal records
relating to relatively minor offences may be spent and not form part of
their criminal history, and for related purposes
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Criminal Records (Spent Convictions)
Act 1992.
2 Commencement
This Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by the
Administrator by notice in the Gazette.
3 Interpretation
(1) In this Act:
conditional pardon means an extension of the prerogative of
mercy referred to in section 432 of the Criminal Code upon a
condition referred to in that section.
court means:
(a) the Local Court; or
(b) the Youth Justice Court continued in existence by section 45
of the Youth Justice Act 2005; or
(d) the Supreme Court,
and includes a court of the Commonwealth, a State or another
Territory of the Commonwealth having similar jurisdiction.
corresponding law or corresponding provision, in relation to an
Act or a provision of or under an Act of the Territory, means an Act
or provision of or under an Act in force in a State or another
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Territory of the Commonwealth that corresponds as nearly as
practicable to the Act or provision of or under the Act of the
Territory.
criminal record means a record of:
(a) a conviction;
(b) a finding that an offence is proved (and any order in relation to
the finding) without the court proceeding to conviction;
(c) a conviction and the making of an order under section 5 of the
Criminal Law (Conditional Release of Offenders) Act 1971;
(d) a finding or order made under Part 6 of the Youth Justice
Act 2005;
(e) a quashed conviction;
(f) a pardon, including a conditional pardon;
(g) a charge in respect of which a finding or order referred to in
paragraphs (a) to (f), inclusive, is made by a court;
(h) action taken in respect of a breach of custodial correctional
facility discipline committed during a period of imprisonment;
or
(j) disciplinary action taken while a youth offender is in a
detention centre,
and includes such a record of a conviction, finding, order, quashed
conviction, pardon, charge or action in a State or another Territory
of the Commonwealth.
detention centre means a youth detention centre approved under
section 147 of the Youth Justice Act 2005 and includes a detention
centre, however described, under a corresponding law.
equivalent offence means an offence against the relevant
corresponding provision.
imprisonment:
(a) includes a period during which a person is subject to any of
the following:
(i) an intensive community correction order with a home
detention condition made under the Sentencing
Act 1995;
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(ii) a home detention order made under the Sentencing
Act 1995 as in force before the commencement of Part 2
of the Sentencing and Other Legislation Amendment
Act 2022;
(iii) a home detention order made under Part IVA of the
Criminal Law (Conditional Release of Offenders)
Act 1971 as in force before the commencement of
section 129 of the Sentencing Act 1995; but
(b) does not include the following:
(i) detention in a detention centre;
(ii) a sentence of periodic imprisonment referred to in
section 83(1)(k) of the Youth Justice Act 2005;
(iii) a sentence imposed because of the failure to pay a
penalty.
law enforcement agency means:
(a) the Police Force of the Northern Territory, the Australian
Federal Police, or the police force of a State or another
Territory of the Commonwealth; or
(b) the Australian Crime Commission; or
(e) the Attorney-General for the Territory, the Commonwealth or
for a State or another Territory of the Commonwealth; or
(f) persons employed in the Agency primarily responsible for law
and the administration of justice, or a similar Department of
the Commonwealth, a State or another Territory of the
Commonwealth, or employed in a body administered by such
a Department, being persons whose primary function is the
institution or conduct of proceedings for offences; or
(g) the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions for the
Commonwealth or the Territory, or a similar body established
under a law of a State or another Territory of the
Commonwealth; or
(h) the Director of Public Prosecutions for the Commonwealth or
the Territory, or a person performing a similar function
appointed under a law of a State or another Territory of the
Commonwealth; or
(j) a Crown Prosecutor; or
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(k) a person who, under a law of the Commonwealth, the Territory
or a State or another Territory of the Commonwealth, is
permitted to practice as a legal practitioner, however
described, to the extent to which he or she is engaged by or
on behalf of the Crown to prosecute an offence; or
(l) the ICAC; or
(m) a person performing functions and exercising powers on
behalf of an agency, authority, department or statutory body
referred to in this definition; or
(n) a prescribed person or body.
non-traffic offence means an offence other than a traffic offence.
offence means an offence against a law in force in the Territory,
the Commonwealth or a State or another Territory of the
Commonwealth.
pardon means an extension of the prerogative of mercy referred to
in section 431 of the Criminal Code, not being a conditional pardon.
public authority means a local government council or public
authority constituted by or under an Act of the Territory, the
Commonwealth or a State or another Territory of the
Commonwealth, a government department or a statutory body or
agency representing the Crown in any of its capacities, and
includes a law enforcement agency and a person performing
functions and exercising powers on behalf of the council, authority,
department, statutory body or agency.
quashed conviction means:
(a) a conviction;
(b) a finding that an offence has been proved, without proceeding
to conviction; or
(c) an order,
that, in accordance with subsection (2), shall be taken to have been
quashed.
sexual offence means:
(a) an offence against Part V, Division 2 or section 201, 208H,
208HA, 208HB or 208HC or Part VIA, Divisions 3 to 7 of the
Criminal Code; or
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(b) an offence against Part V, Division 2 or section 188(2)(k), 192
or 192B of the Criminal Code, as in force before the
commencement of Part 2 of the Criminal Justice Legislation
Amendment (Sexual Offences) Act 2023; or
(c) an offence prescribed as a sexual offence for the purposes of
this section; or
(d) an offence of:
(i) counselling or procuring; or
(ii) aiding or abetting the commission of; or
(iii) incitement or conspiring to commit; or
(iv) attempting to commit; or
(v) being an accessory after the fact to,
an offence referred to in this definition or an equivalent
offence.
spent conviction means a criminal record which is spent in
accordance with Part 2.
spent record means:
(a) a spent conviction;
(b) a criminal record in respect of:
(i) a quashed conviction; or
(ii) an offence in respect of which an unconditional pardon
has been given;
(c) a charge not proceeded with; or
(d) a charge that has been withdrawn.
traffic offence means an offence against the Traffic Act 1987 or
the Traffic Regulations 1999, or an offence prescribed for this
definition.
violent offence means an offence involving the use or threat of
violence against another person.
Note for subsection (1)
The Interpretation Act 1978 contains definitions and other provisions that may be
relevant to this Act.
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(2) For the purposes of this Act:
(a) a conviction shall be taken to be quashed if it is quashed or
set aside;
(b) a finding that an offence has been proved, without proceeding
to a conviction, shall be taken to be quashed if it is quashed or
set aside (except where it is set aside in order to impose a
penalty);
(c) a finding that an offence has been proved, (and any order in
relation to the finding) without the court proceeding to a
conviction, shall be taken to be quashed if the finding is
quashed or set aside;
(d) a conviction and the making of an order under section 5 of the
Criminal Law (Conditional Release of Offenders) Act 1971
shall be taken to be quashed if the conviction is set aside; and
(e) an order under Part 6 of the Youth Justice Act 2005 shall be
taken to be quashed if it is quashed or set aside.
(3) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to an
Act or a provision of or under an Act of the Territory includes a
reference to a corresponding law or corresponding provision, as the
case may be.
4 Application
(1) This Act binds the Crown not only in right of the Territory but also,
so far as the legislative power of the Legislative Assembly permits,
the Crown in all its other capacities.
(2) This Act applies to and in relation to offences committed in the
Territory, or in a State or another Territory of the Commonwealth,
before or after the commencement of this Act.
(3) This Act does not affect the operation of the Evidence (National
Uniform Legislation) Act 2011.
Part 2 Spent convictions
5 Interpretation
In this Part criminal record does not include a criminal record of:
(a) a sexual offence;
(b) an offence by a body corporate; or
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(c) a prescribed offence.
6 Convictions may be spent
(1) In this section criminal record does not include a record of a
conviction of an offence in respect of which a sentence of
imprisonment for more than 6 months was imposed, whether or not
the sentence was suspended.
(2) Subject to this Part, a criminal record is a spent conviction on the
expiration of a period, immediately after the date of conviction of the
offence, of:
(a) where the offender was convicted in the Youth Justice Court
within the meaning of the Youth Justice Act 2005 – 5 years;
and
(b) in any other case – 10 years,
during which period the offender has not:
(c) been convicted of an offence punishable by imprisonment; or
(d) served all or any part of a sentence of imprisonment.
(2A) If the offender was convicted in a court other than the Youth Justice
Court (within the meaning of the Youth Justice Act 2005) for an
offence that the offender committed before attaining 18 years of
age, his or her criminal record is, subject to this section and
section 6A, a spent conviction on the expiration of the period
specified in subsection (2)(b).
(3) A conviction for a subsequent traffic offence and any period of
imprisonment served in respect of the offence shall be taken into
account in calculating a period referred to in subsection (2) only in
respect of a conviction relating to a traffic offence.
(4) A conviction for a subsequent non-traffic offence and any period of
imprisonment served in respect of the offence shall be taken into
account in calculating a period referred to in subsection (2) only in
respect of a conviction relating to a non-traffic offence.
6A Spent convictions for offenders under 18 convicted in court
other than Youth Justice Court
(1) In this section:
criminal record has the same meaning as in section 6.
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offender means a person who was convicted in a court other than
the Youth Justice Court (within the meaning of the Youth Justice
Act 2005) for an offence the offender committed before attaining the
age of 18 years.
(2) The criminal record of an offender is not a spent conviction unless:
(a) subject to this section:
(i) 5 years has expired since the date of conviction of the
offence; and
(ii) the offender applies under subsection (3) for the
conviction to be a spent conviction and is given
notification under subsection (6) that the conviction is a
spent conviction; or
(b) subject to section 6, the period specified in section 6(2)(b) has
expired.
(3) After the expiry of 5 years after the date an offender is convicted of
an offence, the offender may apply to the Commissioner of Police
for the conviction to be a spent conviction.
(4) On receipt of the application, the Commissioner must conduct an
inquiry to ascertain whether 5 years during which the offender has
not:
(a) been convicted of an offence punishable by imprisonment; or
(b) served all or any part of a sentence of imprisonment,
has expired since the date of the offender's conviction.
(5) In ascertaining whether the 5 year period has expired:
(a) a conviction for a subsequent traffic offence and any period of
imprisonment served in respect of the offence is taken into
account in calculating the 5 year period only in respect of a
conviction relating to a traffic offence; and
(b) a conviction for a subsequent non-traffic offence and any
period of imprisonment served in respect of the offence is
taken into account in calculating the 5 year period only in
respect of a conviction relating to a non-traffic offence.
(6) If the 5 year period has expired in accordance with subsections (4)
and (5), the conviction is a spent conviction and the Commissioner
must give written notice to the offender accordingly.
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Criminal Records (Spent Convictions) Act 1992 9
7 Where court does not record or proceed to conviction
(1) Where a person has been convicted of an offence but a court,
without recording the conviction, discharges the person absolutely,
the criminal record (if any) of the conviction is a spent conviction
immediately the person is discharged.
(2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), a criminal record in respect of a
finding that an offence is proved without the court proceeding to
conviction is a spent conviction immediately the finding or order is
made.
(3) A criminal record of a finding or order made under section 83 of the
Youth Justice Act 2005, not being an order made under
subsection (1)(a) or (b) of that section, without the court proceeding
to conviction, is a spent conviction immediately the period specified
in the order expires if the person subject to it has by that time
complied with all of its requirements or where, before that time, he
or she has complied with all of its requirements and there is no
continuing obligation to be met, on the completion of those
requirements.
(4) If a court finds an offence proved and, without recording a
conviction, makes an order specified in subsection (5), the criminal
record of the offence is a spent conviction immediately after the
order ceases to be in force, if the person has complied with all the
requirements of the order.
(5) For subsection (4), the following orders are specified:
(a) a community correction order under the Sentencing Act 1995;
(b) an order under section 10 of the Sentencing Act 1995;
(c) an order under section 11 of the Sentencing Act 1995 as in
force before the commencement of Part 2 of the Sentencing
and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2022;
(d) an order under section 4 of the Criminal Law (Conditional
Release of Offenders) Act 1971 as in force before the
commencement of section 129 of the Sentencing Act 1995.
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Division 1 Disclosure of records
Criminal Records (Spent Convictions) Act 1992 10
8 Repealed provisions
A criminal record in respect of an offence against a provision of an
Act is a spent conviction immediately the provision is repealed,
except where:
(a) a provision in an Act enacted in the jurisdiction before or in
substitution for the first-mentioned provision, substantially of
the same effect, is in force; or
(b) the provision in respect of the offence, or a record of the
offence, is prescribed for the purposes of this section.
9 Conditional pardons
A criminal record of a conditional pardon is a spent conviction
immediately the conditions to which it is subject are complied with.
10 Revival of convictions which are spent convictions
(1) The criminal record of a conviction of a person in respect of a
non-traffic offence ceases to be a spent conviction on the conviction
of the person of a non-traffic offence punishable by imprisonment.
(2) The criminal record of a conviction of a person in respect of a traffic
offence ceases to be a spent conviction on the conviction of the
person of a traffic offence punishable by imprisonment.
(3) If, pursuant to subsection (1) or (2), a criminal record ceases to be
a spent conviction, on the conviction of the person for a subsequent
offence that criminal record may again become a spent conviction
pursuant to section 6.
(4) However, for section 6(2), the period commences immediately after
the date of conviction for the subsequent offence.
Part 3 Effect of spent records
Division 1 Disclosure of records
11 Person not required to disclose spent record
Subject to this Part, where a record is a spent record:
(a) the person to whom it relates is not required to disclose to
another person that spent record;
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(b) a question concerning a person's convictions, criminal history
or criminal record or a record of a similar kind shall be taken to
refer only to a record which is not a spent record; and
(c) in the application to a person of a provision of an Act or
instrument of a legislative or administrative character:
(i) a reference to a conviction, criminal history or criminal
record or record of a similar kind shall be taken to be a
reference only to a record which is not a spent record;
and
(ii) a reference to a person's character or fitness shall not
be taken as permitting or requiring a spent record to be
taken into account.
12 Unlawful disclosure of spent record
(1) A person with access to records kept by or on behalf of a public
authority which include spent records who, other than in
accordance with this Part, discloses a spent record or information
relating to a spent record to a person without the consent of the
person to whom the record relates, is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units or imprisonment for
6 months.
(2) A person who knows, or should reasonably be expected to know,
that a record is a spent record and who, other than in accordance
with this Part, discloses the spent record or information relating to
the spent record without the consent of the person to whom that
spent record relates, is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units.
(3) The Commissioner of Police may disclose a spent conviction to a
law enforcement agency, to the holder of a prescribed office or to a
prescribed person for the purpose of the prosecution of an offence
or the making of submissions on sentencing in respect of an
offence.
(4) A law enforcement agency may disclose a spent conviction to
another law enforcement agency for the purpose of a criminal
investigation, the prosecution of an offence or the making of
submissions on sentencing in respect of an offence.
(5) A law enforcement agency, where required to do so by, or in the
course of a proceeding before, a court, may disclose a spent
conviction to the court, but a court shall not require such a
disclosure or permit publication of any information so disclosed
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Division 2 Exclusions
Criminal Records (Spent Convictions) Act 1992 12
unless it is of the opinion that the interests of justice in the particular
circumstances require the disclosure and/or publication.
(6) A person employed by or working for an archive or a library may
make available to a member of the public, or to an officer of another
archive or library, in accordance with the normal procedures of the
first-mentioned archive or library, material that is normally available
for public scrutiny which contains information relating to a spent
record.
13 Spent records not to be taken into account for unauthorised
purpose
A person who takes into account a spent record for a purpose not
authorised by or under an Act is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units.
14 Unlawfully obtaining information
A person who fraudulently or dishonestly obtains or attempts to
obtain information in respect of a spent record kept by or on behalf
of a public authority is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: 40 penalty units or imprisonment for
6 months.
Division 2 Exclusions
15 Exclusions in relation to spent convictions
Sections 11 and 13 do not apply in respect of a spent conviction:
(a) in relation to an application for appointment or employment as
a Supreme Court Judge, Local Court Judge, justice of the
peace or police officer;
(c) for arson or attempted arson in relation to an application by
the person to whom the spent conviction relates to be
appointed to or employed in or otherwise engaged in fire
fighting or fire prevention;
(d) relating to a violent offence, to a request by a public authority
for information about the conviction where the information is
sought for the purpose of determining whether to grant,
reissue or revoke a licence, permit or registration under the
Firearms Act 1997;
(e) in relation to the consideration of the suitability of a person to
be a juror;
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Division 2 Exclusions
Criminal Records (Spent Convictions) Act 1992 13
(f) to or in relation to proceedings before a court (or
investigations for the purpose of such proceedings or
determining whether proceedings should be commenced),
including the giving of evidence or the conduct of the case
before, or the making of a decision (including a decision
concerning sentencing) by, the court, but where a disclosure
of a spent conviction is made to the court the court shall not
permit the publication of any information so disclosed unless it
is of the opinion that the interests of justice in the particular
circumstances require its publication.
15A Exclusion in relation to spent records
(1) Sections 11 and 13 do not apply in respect of a spent record in
relation to an application for appointment or employment to do work
principally involving the care, instruction or supervision of
vulnerable persons.
(1AA) In addition, sections 11 and 13 do not apply in respect of a spent
record in relation to an application for a screening check to obtain a
clearance to provide services or supports to participants in the
National Disability Insurance Scheme.
(1A) In addition, sections 11 and 13 do not apply in respect of a spent
record in relation to an application to become one of the following:
(a) a correctional services officer;
(b) a public sector employee in the Agency administering the
Correctional Services Act 2014;
(c) an official visitor;
(d) a volunteer.
(1B) In addition, sections 11 and 13 do not apply in respect of a spent
record in relation to:
(a) an application for appointment or employment as the ICAC, an
Acting ICAC, a member of ICAC staff, the Inspector or a
member of Inspector staff; or
(b) anything done under section 126 of the Independent
Commissioner Against Corruption Act 2017.
(2) In this section:
Acting ICAC, see section 4 of the Independent Commissioner
Against Corruption Act 2017.
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Criminal Records (Spent Convictions) Act 1992 14
correctional services officer, see section 16 of the Correctional
Services Act 2014.
Inspector, see section 4 of the Independent Commissioner Against
Corruption Act 2017.
member of ICAC staff, see section 4 of the Independent
Commissioner Against Corruption Act 2017.
member of Inspector staff, see section 4 of the Independent
Commissioner Against Corruption Act 2017.
official visitor, see section 4 of the Correctional Services Act 2014.
spent record includes:
(a) a finding that an offence has not been proved; and
(b) a charge that is pending.
volunteer, see section 4 of the Correctional Services Act 2014.
vulnerable persons includes children, aged persons and persons
with a physical or intellectual disability or mental illness.
Part 4 Miscellaneous
16 Act does not authorise contravention of other laws
Nothing in this Act authorises a person to disclose a charge,
finding, order or conviction, or to take a charge, finding, order or
conviction into account, if to do so would contravene any other law
in force in the Territory.
17 Act does not affect certain other lawful acts
Nothing in this Act affects anything lawfully done before a matter to
which this Act applies becomes, or becomes the subject of, a spent
record.
18 Destruction of records
This Act does not authorise the destruction by or on behalf of a
public authority of a spent record.
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Criminal Records (Spent Convictions) Act 1992 15
19 Regulations
(1) The Administrator may make regulations, not inconsistent with this
Act, prescribing all matters:
(a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or
(b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or
giving effect to this Act.
(2) The Regulations may provide that this Act or a provision of this Act
does not affect another Act or a provision of another Act, whether
enacted before or after the commencement of this Act and, on a
regulation being so made, this Act shall be construed accordingly.
(3) The Regulations may provide that a provision of this Act does not
apply to or in relation to:
(a) a specific record or part of a record or information relating to
that record;
(b) a specified person or class of persons; and/or
(c) specified circumstances,
and on a regulation being so made this Act shall be construed
accordingly.
(4) Without limiting the Administrator's power under this section, the
Minister shall, in the fifth year after regulations referred to in
subsection (3) are made and in each succeeding fifth year
thereafter while any such regulations remain in force, review the
regulations for the purpose of deciding whether the Administrator
should be advised to repeal or amend the regulations.
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ENDNOTES
1 KEY Key to abbreviations
amd = amended od = order
app = appendix om = omitted
bl = by-law pt = Part
ch = Chapter r = regulation/rule
cl = clause rem = remainder
div = Division renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired rep = repealed
f = forms s = section
Gaz = Gazette sch = Schedule
hdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision
ins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation
lt = long title sub = substituted
nc = not commenced
2 LIST OF LEGISLATION
Criminal Records (Spent Convictions) Act 1992 (Act No. 76, 1992)
Assent date 14 December 1992
Commenced 29 March 1993 (Gaz G12, 24 March 1993, p 3)
Criminal Records (Spent Convictions) Amendment Act 1993 (Act No. 35, 1993)
Assent date 14 September 1993
Commenced 14 September 1993
Sentencing (Consequential Amendments) Act 1996 (Act No. 17, 1996)
Assent date 19 April 1996
Commenced 1 July 1996 (s 2, s 2 Sentencing Act 1995 (Act No. 39, 1995
and Gaz S15, 13 June 1996)
Statute Law Revision Act 1996 (Act No. 42, 1996)
Assent date 17 September 1996
Commenced 17 September 1996
Criminal Records (Spent Convictions) Amendment Act 1998 (Act No. 8, 1998)
Assent date 25 March 1998
Commenced 22 April 1998 (Gaz G15, 22 April 1998, p 4)
Criminal Records (Spent Convictions) Amendment Act 2002 (Act No. 26, 2002)
Assent date 5 July 2002
Commenced 31 July 2002 (Gaz G30, 31 July 2002, p 3)
Statute Law Revision Act (No. 2) 2002 (Act No. 59, 2002)
Assent date 7 November 2002
Commenced 7 November 2002
Law Reform (Gender, Sexuality and De Facto Relationships) Act 2003 (Act No. 1, 2004)
Assent date 7 January 2004
Commenced 17 March 2004 (Gaz G11, 17 March 2004, p 8)
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Statute Law Revision Act (No. 2) 2004 (Act No. 54, 2004)
Assent date 15 September 2004
Commenced 27 October 2004 (Gaz G43, 27 October 2004, p 3)
Australian Crime Commission (Consequential Amendments) Act 2005 (Act No. 7, 2005)
Assent date 17 March 2005
Commenced 18 May 2005 (s 2, s 2 Australian Crime Commission Act 2005
(Act No. 6, 2005) and Gaz G20, 18 May 2005, p 2)
Justice Portfolio (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2005 (Act No. 20, 2005)
Assent date 6 May 2005
Commenced 13 July 2005 (Gaz G28, 13 July 2005, p 3)
Youth Justice (Consequential Amendments) Act 2005 (Act No. 33, 2005)
Assent date 22 September 2005
Commenced 1 August 2006 (s 2, s 2 Youth Justice Act 2005 (Act No. 32,
2005) and Gaz G30, 26 July 2006, p 3)
Statute Law Revision Act 2007 (Act No. 4, 2007)
Assent date 8 March 2007
Commenced 8 March 2007
Justice Legislation Amendment (Penalties) Act 2010 (Act No. 12, 2010)
Assent date 20 May 2010
Commenced 1 July 2010 (Gaz G24, 16 June 2010, p 2)
Statute Law Revision Act 2010 (Act No. 29, 2010)
Assent date 9 September 2010
Commenced 13 October 2010 (Gaz G41, 13 October 2010, p 2)
Evidence (National Uniform Legislation) (Consequential Amendments) Act 2012 (Act
No. 23, 2012)
Assent date 21 November 2012
Commenced 1 January 2013 (Gaz G51, 19 December 2012, p 4)
Local Government Amendment Act 2014 (Act No. 19, 2014)
Assent date 2 June 2014
Commenced s 16: 1 July 2014; s 18: 1 December 2014; rem: 2 June 2014,
(s 2)
Correctional Services (Related and Consequential Amendments) Act 2014 (Act No. 27,
2014)
Assent date 4 September 2014
Commenced 9 September 2014 (Gaz S80, 9 September 2014, p 2)
Local Court (Related Amendments) Act 2016 (Act No. 8, 2016)
Assent date 6 April 2016
Commenced 1 May 2016 (s 2, s 2 Local Court (Repeals and Related
Amendments) Act 2016 (Act No. 9, 2016) and Gaz S34,
29 April 2016)
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment (Australian Crime Commission) Act 2017
(Act No. 9, 2017)
Assent date 31 May 2017
Commenced 31 May 2017
ENDNOTES
Criminal Records (Spent Convictions) Act 1992 18
Independent Commissioner Against Corruption (Consequential and Related
Amendments) Act 2018 (Act No. 3, 2018)
Assent date 21 February 2018
Commenced 30 November 2018 (s 2, s 2 Independent Commissioner
Against Corruption Act 2017 (Act No. 23, 2017) and Gaz S94,
30 November 2018)
Statute Law Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 10, 2018)
Assent date 23 May 2018
Commenced 20 June 2018 (Gaz S41, 20 June 2018)
Sex Industry Act 2019 (Act No. 40, 2019)
Assent date 13 December 2019
Commenced 12 June 2020 (Gaz S35, 11 June 2020)
National Disability Insurance Scheme (Worker Clearance) Act 2020 (Act No. 7, 2020)
Assent date 9 March 2020
Commenced 1 July 2020 (Gaz G17, 29 April 2020, p 2)
Criminal Justice Legislation Amendment (Sexual Offences) Act 2023 (Act No. 20, 2023)
Assent date 17 August 2023
Commenced 25 March 2024 (Gaz S20, 22 March 2024)
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024 (Act No. 4, 2024)
Assent date 14 March 2024
Commenced pt 5, div 1: 30 October 2023 (s 2(2));
pt 3, div 2: 25 March 2024 (s 2(3), s 2 Sentencing and Other
Legislation Amendment Act 2022 (Act No. 28, 2022) and
Gaz S19, 22 March 2024); pt 4: 25 March 2024 (s 2(4), s 2
Criminal Justice Legislation Amendment (Sexual Offences)
Act 2023 (Act No. 20, 2023) and Gaz S20, 22 March 2024);
rem: 15 March 2024 (s 2(1))
Youth Justice Legislation Amendment Act 2025 (Act No. 21, 2025)
Assent date 11 August 2025
Commenced 4 September 2025 (Gaz S53, 28 August 2025)
3 GENERAL AMENDMENTS
General amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table
of amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation
Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22 of 2018) to: ss 1, 3, 4, 6, 6A, 7, 15 and
15A.
4 LIST OF AMENDMENTS
s 3 amd No. 17, 1996, s 6; No. 42, 1996, s 6; No. 8, 1998, s 4; No. 59, 2002, s 5;
No. 54, 2004, s 7; No. 7, 2005, s 3; No. 33, 2005, s 5; No. 29, 2010, s 7;
No. 19, 2014, s 26; No. 27, 2014, s 4; No. 8, 2016, s 45; No. 9, 2017, s 9;
No. 10, 2018, s 6; No. 3, 2018, s 15; No. 4, 2024, s 27; No. 20, 2023, s 54
s 4 amd No. 33, 2005, s 5; No. 23, 2012, s 32; No. 21, 2025, s 37
s 6 amd No. 26, 2002, s 4; No. 33, 2005, s 5
s 6A ins No. 26, 2002, s 5
amd No. 33, 2005, s 5; No. 4, 2007, s 7
s 7 amd No. 17, 1996, s 6; No. 33, 2005, s 5; No. 4, 2024, s 28
s 10 amd No. 20, 2005, s 25
ENDNOTES
Criminal Records (Spent Convictions) Act 1992 19
s 12 amd No. 35, 1993, s 2; No. 12, 2010, s 3
s 13 amd No. 1, 2004, s 26; No. 12, 2010, s 3
s 14 amd No. 12, 2010, s 3
s 15 amd No. 8, 1998, s 5; No. 1, 2004, s 27; No. 27, 2014, s 5; No. 8, 2016, s 45;
No. 40, 2019, s 34
s 15A ins No. 1, 2004, s 28
amd No. 27, 2014, s 6; No. 3, 2018, s 16; No. 7, 2020, s 64