Police check for Tasmania residents

Do you need a police check in Tasmania? Get your nationally coordinated criminal history check online now.

Australian National Character Check - ANCC® is an industry leading provider of employment background checks for residents in Tasmania. Our online software enables applicants based in Tasmania to get their police check online.

70 percent of police checks are returned to applicants in Tasmania within 24 hours of completion of their application and informed consent. Approximately 30 percent of checks may be referred to one or more police agencies in Australia and can take longer than 10 business days to be returned.

The online application forms can be completed securely from a computer, mobile or tablet. Most applications are completed within 15 minutes if the applicant has their identification documents available.

The background check provided by Australian National Character Check - ANCC® is formally referred to as a nationally coordinated criminal history check. Our check is valid throughout Australia.

Applicants can pay securely via PayPal or by card.

Important information: If applicants require a check that is issued by Tasmania Police, this can only be obtained directly through Tasmania Police. Australian National Character Check is not affiliated with Tasmania Police and applicants must obtain one directly through their website. Applicants should allow a minimum of 10 working days for a check by Tasmania Police to be issued.

A police check lists an individual’s disclosable court outcomes (DCOs) if any. The DCOs are sourced from the databases of all Australian police agencies.

If there are no disclosable court outcomes (NDCO), the check result will return with a NDCO result.

• The NDCO result means there is:
• No police information held against the applicant;
• No police information that can be released according to the purpose and category of the police check, and the application of relevant spent convictions legislations and/or information release policies.
• A DCO result means there is:
• Police information that can be released on the nationally coordinated criminal history check.

Further information can be found on the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission website.

A police check is a “point in time check” which means there is no set expiry date. The results are valid up until the point of issue.

The requesting party alone can determine the expiry period of the police check based on their own internal risk mitigation policies.

However, most organisations in Tasmania turn down a police check that has been issued for longer than three (3) months.

A number of companies and organisations in Tasmania request for a police check before granting admittance or offering employment to a person.

If you are asked by a decision maker in Tasmania to submit a police check, there are multiple ways you can go about to obtain one:

Accredited providers like Australian National Character Check can issue applicants with a nationally coordinated criminal history check in an efficient manner.

The process consists of completing the application process online. This method is generally a convenient way to obtain your national police check since you only need a laptop, tablet, mobile device, or any other internet-enabled device.

Applicants that apply through Australian National Character Check do sometimes experience a difference in speed and efficiency when obtaining their police check online. 70 percent of police checks are returned to applicants in Tasmania within 24 hours. Approximately 30 percent of checks may be referred to one or more police agencies and can take longer than 10 business days to be returned, due to the manual nature of this process. Results are automatically emailed on the same day they are received. Overall, applicants save time and cost when applying for their police check online.

Applicants can also apply for a police check via the Tasmania Police Force website.

Applicants should note that the check on the ANCC® website is formally referred to as a nationally coordinated criminal history check and is valid throughout Australia. If you would like a check that is issued by a state or territory police force, please contact the criminal records section of your state or territory police force.

When applying for a police check, some of the information you need to provide include and is not limited to:

• All the names you have been known by, your date of birth, five years of residential address history, place of birth and so on.
• Contact Information (phone and email address).
• Proof of identity as requested on the police check application form. This consists of four forms of identification documents and a biometric link.

Applying for a police check if you are based in Tasmania through the Australian National Character Check website can be completed in a few simple steps with your internet-enabled device.

Step 1: Start the online police check application form;

Step 2: Make payment via any of our numerous payment options (PayPal or card)

Step 3: Provide further information and upload four forms of identification documents and a biometric link;

Step 4: Read and sign the online informed consent;

Step 5: Submit the application. The application will undergo a review by our verification staff who are based in Canberra, ACT.

Step 6: Receive your police check via email. A hard copy will also get dispatched if requested for this in the application form.

Once the application is completed and deemed to be compliant with government guidelines, it will be passed on by our system to the national police checking service for a result. The majority of checks (approximately 70 percent) are dispatched to applicants in 24 hours.

Around 30 percent of checks can be referred to one or more Australian police agencies because a ‘potential match’ may be found. This process can take longer than 10 business days to process, due to the manual nature of the process and the complexity of the check.

Manual reviews get referred automatically and may occur when part or all of the data on an applicant's file is similar to data on Australian criminal history databases. In such cases, a manual review is conducted by an official from Australian police agencies.

It is beyond the scope of Australian National Character Check to predict which applications or applicants may be referred for manual processing.

Checks referred for manual processing does not necessarily mean that an applicant has criminal history. Rather, it can be as a result of the search algorithm matching shared data like names and date of birth. Further information on how the service works can be obtained from the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission website.

Decision makers in Tasmanian institutions, companies and other organisations have a duty to secure their brand, staff and customers.

A police check provides disclosable criminal records of the individual (if any) that assists decision makers to make sound employment decisions.

Do you work in a business or enterprise in Tasmania? We provide software for business and other types of Australian workplaces to carry out employment background checks.

The ANCC® Business portal is used by businesses and government organisations throughout Australia.

Please contact us today to find out how Australian National Character Check can help your business.