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Criminal Records (Clean Slate) Act 2004

Clean slate scheme

6: Application of clean slate scheme

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"What happens when someone asks about your criminal record"

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The clean slate scheme applies to you when someone asks about your criminal record. This scheme also applies when someone asks for information about your criminal record. You can find more information about when this does not apply in section 31(3) of the Children’s Act 2014. The clean slate scheme applies to all sentences given to you, no matter when they were given. It also applies to all specified orders made about you, no matter when they were made.

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Part 2Clean slate scheme

6Application of clean slate scheme

  1. The clean slate scheme applies (except as provided in section 31(3) of the Children’s Act 2014) to every question asked about, and every request made for the disclosure of, an eligible individual's criminal record or information about an eligible individual's criminal record whether asked or made on or after the commencement of this Act.

  2. The clean slate scheme applies—

  3. to all sentences, whether imposed before or on or after the commencement of this Act; and
    1. to all specified orders, whether made before or on or after the commencement of this Act.

      Notes
      • Section 6(1): amended, on , by section 10(1) of the Children's Amendment Act 2018 (2018 No 58).
      • Section 6(1): amended, on , by section 44(2) of the Vulnerable Children Act 2014 (2014 No 40).