Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) In this Act, a
reference to a finding of guilt in relation to an offence committed by a
person is a reference to any of the following —
(a) a
court making a formal finding of guilt in relation to the offence;
(b) a
court convicting the person of the offence, if there has been no formal
finding of guilt before conviction;
(c) a
court accepting a plea of guilty from the person in relation to the offence;
(d) a
finding under The Criminal Code section 27 that the person is not guilty
of the offence on account of unsoundness of mind or a finding under equivalent
provisions of the laws of another jurisdiction.
(2) For the purposes
of this Act —
(a) a
reference to a finding of guilt does not include a finding of guilt that is
subsequently quashed or set aside by a court; and
(b) a
reference to a conviction includes a reference to a spent conviction.
(3) For the purposes
of subsection (2)(b), the conviction of a prohibited person becomes spent
if, under a law in any jurisdiction, the prohibited person is permitted not to
disclose the fact that a finding of guilt has been made in relation to the
offence.
[Section 4B inserted by No. 4 of 2008
s. 6.]