 | NORML News: Clean Slate Bill clears hurdle |
 NORML News Winter 2003
Thousands of cannabis convictions could be removed from criminal records if the Clean Slate Bill is passed.
Nandor's bill has been replaced by the Justice and Electoral committee with the government's own version, which includes many of Nandor's proposals, and this has now been reported back to parliament for the second reading.
The bill means people who have never been to jail can have convictions that are older than 7 years concealed from their criminal record. Crimes that have been decriminalised can be immediately concealed, but people will have to tell a court registrar they want their record concealed.
Police will now only be allowed to view concealed records only if it is "necessary" for an investigation.
Because the government has taken control of the bill, they now set the timetable, so people who want to see the bill passed this year should write to Justice Minister Phil Goff and ask him to make the Clean Slate Bill a high priority.
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