Police Check in Australian Capital Territory (ACT)

A police check in the Australian Capital Territory lists an individual’s disclosable court outcomes and pending charges sourced from the databases of all Australian police agencies.

Information on the spent convictions scheme can be found here.

If you are asked to submit your Police Check certificate in the ACT, there are multiple ways to obtain it.

The quicker method is to apply online through an official agency like Australian National Character Check. 70 percent of police checks are returned to applicants in ACT within 24 hours. Approximately 30 percent of checks may be referred to one or more police agencies and can take longer than 10 business days to be returned, due to the manual nature of this process.

This police check for persons based in ACT is formally referred to as a nationally coordinated criminal history check.

The conventional form of applying for a criminal record check in the ACT was to fill out and submit a paper-based application form with the Australian Federal Police. This process generally takes longer to receive the result.

Documents you need to apply for your Police Check in the ACT include:

• Personal Details including all the names you are known by, Date of Birth, Gender, five years of residential address history etc.
• Contact information information including email and mobile phone number.
• Proofs of identity documents as listed on the application form.

A Police Check or;

National Police History Check,

Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check,

Police Clearance Certificate,

National Coordinated Criminal History Check,

Whatever it is called, is a list of disclosable court outcomes (DCOs), police criminal history and records of an individual authorised by Australian police agencies. ACT Police Checks are used by most businesses and other organisations in the Australian Capital Territory for employment and some Licensing and Registration schemes.

Australian National Character Check sends you a confirmation email on completion of your application and in most cases issues you with the Police Check ACT within 1 and 3 days. Results are dispatched on the same day they are received.

If an application is automatically marked for ‘manual review’ issuance of the certificate can be delayed for a further 1 to 15+ days. Manual review occurs when part or all of an applicant’s data bears similarity with information on the police criminal history database. Manual reviews do not always mean a finding of crime against the applicant, it can be from:

• Popular names; this can cause numerous matches.
• A further perusal of the applicant’s identity.
• Related matches against the applicant’s details.

A Police Check in the ACT is a "point in time" check and is considered current as of the date of issue. Your Police Check in ACT does not have a set expiration date.

The requesting authority alone has the prerogative of informing you when to provide an updated ACT national police clearance certificate according to their internal risk mitigation strategy. Generally, most organisations refuse Police Checks older than three months.

Most workplaces request for a person’s Police Clearance Certificate before the person is offered employment or admission.

The ACT Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check can be conducted on:

• Persons seeking employment;
• Persons applying for licencing or accreditations;
• Applicants under 15 years of age must have consent from a parent or guardian on their application.

Australian National Character Check is an accredited service approved by the Australian Federal Government to conduct nationally coordinated criminal history checks.

The national police certificate issued by Australian National Character Check is valid nationwide and hence within Australian Capital Territory (ACT).

A police check conducted for applicants in the Australian Capital Territory is actually a National Police Check. When you apply for a police check in the Australian Capital Territory, in essence you are also applying for the following:

Police Check in Victoria
Police Check in QLD
Police Check in SA
Police Check in Tasmania
Police Check in NT
Police Check in WA
National Police Check in New South Wales

We provide a 100% online solution for businesses and workplaces to streamline their national police checks. Contact our support team today to find out how Australian National Character Check can streamline police checks for your workplace. Australian National Character Check is the only agency that provides customer support seven days a week (excluding public holidays).