An Australian national police check is formally known as a Nationally Co-ordinated Criminal History Check.
It is the process that involves identifying and releasing any relevant Criminal History Information (CHI) - also known as Disclosable Court Outcomes (DCO) - subject to relevant spent convictions/non-disclosure legislation and/or information release policies. This information is sourced from the databases of all Australian police jurisdictions. The information is held centrally by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC).
WorkPro's online police check service offers secure integrated access to the ACIC, to retrieve relevant data and results almost instantly.
An Australian national police check can also be referred to as:
- Police check
- Police history check
- Police clearance check
- Police criminal check
- Police record check
- Criminal history check
A National Police Check report contains:
- A date of issue;
- All names you have been known by;
- Date of Birth;
- Your primary residential address;
- Dates and records of any DCO's released by ACIC.
An Australian national police check is not the same as an Australian Federal Police (AFP) check.