Criminal Records (Clean Slate) Act 2004

Clean slate scheme - Transitional provision

24: Transitional provision relating to answers and responses to questions and requests asked or made before commencement

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"What happens if someone asks about your criminal record before the law starts?"

Illustration for Criminal Records (Clean Slate) Act 2004

You get a clean slate if someone asks about your criminal record before the law starts. The clean slate scheme applies to your answer if you give it after the law starts. It also applies if someone asks for your criminal record before the law starts, and you become eligible after it starts.

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"How the Legal Services Act applies to Clean Slate cases"

Part 2Clean slate scheme
Transitional provision

24Transitional provision relating to answers and responses to questions and requests asked or made before commencement

The clean slate scheme applies—
to an answer given on or after the commencement of this Act by an eligible individual to a question asked about his or her criminal record before the commencement of this Act; and
to a response given on or after the commencement of this Act to a request made before the commencement of this Act for the disclosure of an individual's criminal record or information about an individual's criminal record if, on the commencement of this Act, the individual to whom the request relates has become an eligible individual.