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National Police Certificate - New South Wales

Description

You may need this check if you intend to apply for employment, licensing, volunteering, adoption or probity purposes. Please note that there are different kinds of checks for different occupations and activities. A National Police Check lists an individual's criminal background (if any).

This check may be required for any of the following:

  • licence or registration applications (for employment)
  • work that involves interaction with the elderly, vulnerable or children
  • volunteering and other not for profit activity
  • work-related checks due to legislation or regulations

Please be aware that in some cases, if you intend to work with children in New South Wales, a Working with Children Check will be required instead of this check.

Organisations may apply to become Registered Organisations, allowing them to deal directly with the New South Wales Police Criminal Records Section for the purpose of conducting National Police Checks through the NSW Police Force Secure Online Portal.

Service type

Licence

A licence defines the need to obtain recognition / certification and registration to undertake a certain business activity.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for this certificate, you must be:

  • 14 years old or over when applying
  • a permanent resident of NSW. 

To be eligible to apply to become a Registered Organisation, you must:

  • represent a current registered entity in NSW, or a nationally registered entity with its head office located in NSW
  • hold a current ABN or ACN
  • can demonstrate that checks are required for employment, licensing, volunteering, adoption and / or probity purposes.
  • agree to the terms and conditions of registration

Duration

National Police Certificates are only valid at the time of issue and can only be used for the purpose stated on the application form.

Fees

Fees Details for this service in table format.

Task Type Business Structure Amount Description
Apply Application All $55.80

Name and date of birth check. Fees for 2024-25
Apply Application All $211.10

Name, date of birth and fingerprint check. Fees for 2024-25

Approval time

A minimum of 10 working days for name and date of birth checks and a minimum of 15 days for name, date of birth and fingerprint checks.

Administering agency

Department of Communities and Justice

NSW Police Force

Criminal Records Section

Contact details

Contact Email, Phone and Address Details for this service in simple two column table format, header then data.