Yes. Global Pty Ltd (trading as InterCheck Australia and Certn) is an Accredited Agency with the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) to access the National Police Checking Service, we provide Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Checks (NCCHCs). We also have an account with the Australian Federal Police to provide National Police Certificates.

Yes. We’re able to provide criminal history background checks for individuals and organisations requiring pre-employment vetting, including those working in regulated sectors. These include, but aren’t limited to: aged care workers, finance licencing, mortgage licencing, and ASIC licencing.

Once all of the necessary information is collected and verified by InterCheck Australia, we submit the request with the ACIC or the AFP. The check is then logged on the National Police Checking Service Support System (NSS). This system checks your personal details against a national database using a name matching algorithm. If the personal details match any police information held in police records, the system will generate a “Potential Match” in the report. If no match is identified, the case is released to InterCheck Australia as “No Disclosable Court Outcomes” in the report.

Where a “Potential Match” is identified, the case is referred to the relevant police jurisdication(s) where the match was identified. If the police jurisdication determines that the match doesn’t relate to you, it’s released as “No Disclosable Court Outcomes.” If the police jurisdiction determines that the details do match, it’s referred for vetting against relevant spent conviction legislation and information release policies. The final outcome will be a “No Disclosable Court Outcomes” or “Disclosable Court Outcomes.”

A “disclosable outcomes” finding may list the following information:

• Court convictions, including penalties and sentences
• Court appearances
• Pending court matters
• Charges
• Findings of guilt without conviction
• Traffic offences
• Good behaviour bonds or other court orders
• Warrants and/or warnings

InterCheck Australia’s online platform connects directly to the National Police Checking Service Support System (NSS) to finalise results in real time. 70% of results are returned in 1-2 business days. The remaining 30% take up to 15 business days or longer in some cases. For example, if you have a common name or a name that matches many potential Persons of Interest on policing systems, your results may take longer. If your check is taking longer than expected please contact us for more information.

A background check is a point-in-time check and based on the purpose for which it was requested. The organisation or requesting body that requires the check will typically determine the timeframe for a check result to be valid.

As a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check is a point-in-time record based on the purpose declared in the application, the check result will only be available to you and/or the customer for three months following the release of the result by the National Police Checking Service. This is because a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check may not contain new offences that have occurred since the initial check submission, or some offences may become spent after the check is undertaken and released.

In addition, if the “purpose” of a check changes (i.e., job title or employer), this can affect the disclosure decisions made by police jurisdictions when vetting records. This means that a different release of information may apply for two different roles in the same organisation/industry.

You can find more information here on the ACIC website: Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check Validity.

A volunteer police check (Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check) is for individuals who are seeking positions such as:

• Volunteering with an Australian or overseas charity or not-for-profit organisation;
• Volunteer foster carers;
• Students undertaking a compulsory student placement (this doesn’t include unpaid work experience or internships); and
• Volunteering with a community organisation, such as a school, religious organisation, community sports group, or government council (including volunteer board members).

Job seekers participating in the Work for the Dole scheme and family day care providers, educators, assistants, or family members aren’t entitled to access the ACIC volunteer check category.

There’s a discounted price on Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Checks for volunteers for $34.90.