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CHILD PROTECTION (WORKING WITH CHILDREN) ACT 2012 - SECT 18 Determination of applications for clearances

CHILD PROTECTION (WORKING WITH CHILDREN) ACT 2012 - SECT 18

Determination of applications for clearances

18 Determination of applications for clearances

(1) The Children's Guardian must not grant a working with children check clearance to the following persons (
"disqualified persons" )--
(a) a person convicted before, on or after the commencement of this section of an offence specified in Schedule 2, if the offence was committed as an adult,
(b) a person against whom proceedings for any such offence have been commenced, if the offence was committed as an adult, pending determination of the proceedings for the offence.
(2) The Children's Guardian must grant a clearance to a person who is subject to a risk assessment under Division 3 unless the Children's Guardian is satisfied that the person poses a risk to the safety of children.
(3) The Children's Guardian must grant a clearance to a person if it is satisfied that the person is not a disqualified person and the person is not subject to a risk assessment under Division 3.