| Commission |
Australian Human Rights Commission (previously the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission or HREOC) |
| conviction |
a conviction of an offence by a court of law |
| CrimTrac |
An executive agency established under section 65 of the Public Service Act 1999 (Cth) which delivers national information sharing solutions for law enforcement and provides a national police checking service to certain organisations |
| AHRC |
Act Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth) |
| ILO 111 |
International Labour Organisation Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention 1958 |
| inherent requirements |
the essential requirements of a particular job or position |
| National Police Certificate |
a document issued by an Australian Police Agency detailing a person’s police check results |
| police check |
a check undertaken by an Australian Police Agency or CrimTrac |
| spent convictions |
old convictions determined to be ‘spent’ under spent conviction and offender rehabilitation laws and schemes |
| unfair dismissal laws |
industrial relations laws which provide protection against unfair dismissal from employment |
| unrecorded conviction |
a finding of guilt by a court of law where no conviction was recorded, usually an indication that the offence was not considered serious enough to record a conviction, taking into account the nature of the offence and the likely impact of the recorded conviction on the offender’s economic or social well-being |
