New Zealand Legislation: Acts

18 Offence to require or request that individual disregard scheme

• (1) A person commits an offence if, without lawful authority under this Act, the person requires or requests that an individual—

  • (a) disregard the effect of the clean slate scheme when answering a question about his or her criminal record; or

  • (b) disregard the effect of the clean slate scheme and disclose, or give consent to the disclosure of, his or her criminal record.

  (2) A person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000.