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Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission Check

InterCheck Global Pty Ltd (part of Certn group of companies) is accredited by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) to process Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Checks (NCCHC). A NCCHC is a nationally coordinated criminal history check that reports applicant information that has been determined as releasable by Australia's police agencies. Reported information from the ACIC can include court convictions, court appearances, charges, findings of guilt with no conviction, good behaviour bonds, matters awaiting court hearings and traffic offenses throughout all states and territories in Australia.

Availability

This check is available in Australia
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This check is not available for a quickscreen
Australia
Industry
Availability
Endpoints
Human Resources
Yes
  • Quickscreen
  • Invite
    📩
Property Management
No
  • Quickscreen
  • Invite

Parameters

Request flag

Include this flag in the body of your request:

Invite parameters

To invite an applicant to complete a screen, include this parameter in the body of your request:
  • email
Additionally, include the following parameters depending on the purpose of the check:
Employment
License
Other
  • purpose_of_check: EMPLOYMENT
  • position_title
  • place_of_work
  • purpose_of_check: LICENSE
  • license_type
  • issuing_authority
  • purpose_of_check: OTHER
  • reason_for_check
  • place_of_work
See all available Application parameters

Example request

The following example contains fields for someone applying for a license.
{
"request_australian_criminal_intelligence_commission_check": true,
"email": "[email protected]",
"purpose_of_check": "LICENSE",
"license_type": "Drivers License",
"issuing_authority": "New South Wales"
}

Report

Test data

Send ACIC requests with the following sets of data on our demo environment to retrieve our pre-filled reports.
Clear results
First name
Last name
Andrew
McLeod
Records found
First name
Last name
Will
Nettke

Errors

400 Bad Request

‌You may receive a 400 Bad Request if:‌
  • You sent an invite for an ACIC Check with purpose_of_check as EMPLOYMENT without an position_title or place_of_work.
  • You sent an invite for an ACIC Check with purpose_of_check as LICENSE without an issuing_authority or license_type.
  • You sent an invite for an ACIC Check with purpose_of_check as OTHER without an reason_for_check or place_of_work.
"issuing_authority": "This field is required."

How to fix this issue

Add the appropriate fields before sending your request.
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