“I have past criminal convictions I do not want my employer to see”
A conviction is “spent” upon the expiration of a “crime free period” of ten consecutive years following a conviction for an adult offender pursuant to s8(1) Criminal Records Act 1991 (NSW).
A spent conviction stays on your record but the Police will not release the conviction to anyone. For example, if someone does a criminal history check on you, they will not see the spent convictions.
There are however, exceptions to this for certain offences as follows:
- A sexual offence;
- Prison sentence of 6 months or over; and
- Convictions imposed against a body corporate, that is, a company.
Thus though the record in fact still remains attached to your history as a person, it is not revealed to people checking your history, subject to certain exceptions above.
If you require any information in relation
the above, please give Nas Hanafi of Lion Legal a call on (02) 9223 9055.