Normally Referred checks are finalised within 10 business days with a small number outside of this period. There are many reasons why some police checks...

For a range of reasons, the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) is not able to provide you with specific information about the Police Check. ...

The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) is Australia's national criminal intelligence agency.  To help protect the Australian communi...

An Australian national police check is formally known as a Nationally Co-ordinated Criminal History Check. It is the process that involves identifying a...

An Australian national police check is a ‘point in time’ check, meaning results reflect police records at the date and time the result is released. Infor...

The following information is not disclosed in an Australian police check: Traffic offences are not criminal offences and are not disclosed unless the i...

The Australian Commonwealth Spent Convictions Scheme means that certain criminal convictions are not disclosed after a period of good behavior. The Scheme a...

In some circumstances, Spent Conviction schemes do not apply, resulting in various levels of information release relating to: those involving people who w...

NDCO stands for ‘no disclosable court outcomes’. This result indicates that there is no police history information held against the individual, or no in...

DCO stands for ‘disclosable court outcomes’. Specifically, the record of court convictions and findings of guilt, subject to the application of relevant...