Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00276:clause:2_2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00276
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 2
Character Range: 69254–70306

2  Compliance with law
 (1) Regardless of whether a conviction has been recorded, the VET Regulator may have regard to whether the person has been found guilty of an offence against, or ordered to pay a pecuniary penalty under, a law of the Commonwealth or a State or Territory.
Note: Part VIIC of the Crimes Act 1914 includes provisions that, in certain circumstances, relieve persons from the requirement to disclose spent convictions and require persons aware of such convictions to disregard them. Nothing in subsection (1) affects the operation of Part VIIC of the Crimes Act 1914.
 (2) The VET Regulator may have regard to the seriousness of, and the time elapsed since the offence, conviction, or matter to which the pecuniary penalty relates occurred.
 (3) The VET Regulator may have regard to whether the person is currently involved in proceedings before a court or tribunal.
 (4) The VET Regulator may have regard to whether the person has been found guilty of a foreign offence (within the meaning of section 85ZL of the Crimes Act 1914).