Criminals Registration Act · s 5I

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s 5IReference to record of conviction not to include record of offence not kept in register

(1)

Where a person has been convicted of any offence, the record of which is not kept in the register, it shall be lawful for the person —

(a)

to answer any question asked of him on or after the commencement date about his record of any conviction (whether or not kept in the register) in the manner as if the question relates only to his record of conviction defined under section 5A(1); and

(b)

not to disclose any information about any record of a conviction which is not kept in the register.

(2)

Any reference in any agreement or other document made on or after the commencement date to the record of any conviction (whether or not kept in the register) of a person to which this section applies, shall be taken to refer only to his record of conviction defined under section 5A(1), and not to any record of a conviction which is not kept in the register.

Lawful disclosure.