Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) A person who has access to records of convictions must not disclose any information that the person knows, or should reasonably know, relates to a spent conviction to any person without lawful authority or written consent to the disclosure by the person whose conviction is spent.
Penalty: 40 penalty units.
(2) It is a defence to a charge for an offence against subsection (1) if the accused proves that the accused person took all reasonable steps to avoid unlawful disclosure of information relating to the spent conviction.
(3) It is not an offence against subsection (1)—
(a) for a library or archive to disclose to a member of the public or another library or archive information that is available to the public and disclosed in accordance with established procedures of that library or archive; and
(b) for a person who is an employee, contractor or volunteer of a library or archive acting in the course of the person's usual employment or duties to disclose to a member of the public or another library or archive information that is available to the public and disclosed in accordance with established procedures of that library or archive.