What is a NATIONAL Criminal History Record Check?

A National Criminal History Record Check (NCHRC) involves identifying and releasing any relevant criminal history information (CHI) subject to relevant spent convictions/non-disclosure legislation and/or information release policies.

The information release policies include a requirement that any NCHRC must be done with the informed consent of the person being checked.

The process includes:

• Searching a central index containing names of persons of interest to police for a possible match
• The relevant police service establishing whether there was a correct match
• Police issuing either a National Police Certificate for individual checks or providing the results to an accredited agency/third party either directly or through CrimTrac.

Seeking a NCHRC check as:

• An individual
• An organisation with fewer than 500 checks within a 3-year period
• An organisation with 500 or more checks within a 3-year period