Section 17 of the Criminal Records Review Act requires any registrant who is charged or convicted of a “relevant offence” or “specified offence” to report the charge or conviction to their regulator, and to authorize a further criminal record check.
Section 1 of the Criminal Records Review Act defines “conviction” as follows:
- “conviction” includes
- (a)a conviction for an attempt to commit a relevant offence or specified offence,
- (b)a conditional discharge,
- (c)a conviction for which a pardon has been granted by the National Parole Board, continued under the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (Canada),
- (d)a disposition, made before April 1, 2003, under the Young Offenders Act (Canada) as it then was,
- (e)a sentence under the Youth Criminal Justice Act (Canada),
- (f)the use of alternative measures under section 717 of the Criminal Code to deal with an alleged commission of a relevant offence or specified offence, and
- (g)an order under sections 810, 810.1 and 810.2 of the Criminal Code;
- Section 1(g) refers to orders made under section 810 of the Criminal Code, which are commonly known as “peace bonds”.
- “Relevant Offences” and “Specified Offences” are listed in Schedules 1 and 3 of the CRRA, respectively
Registrants who are subject to a peace bond, or any other form of “conviction” as defined in section 1 of the CRRA, for a relevant or specified offence, must report it to the College as soon as possible.
For more information, visit https://cchpbc.ca/for-professionals/#criminalrecords.
