ELECTORAL ACT 2017 - SECT 95 Child protection declarations

ELECTORAL ACT 2017 - SECT 95

95 Child protection declarations

(1) A child protection declaration is to state--

(a) whether or not the candidate holds a working with children check clearance, and

(b) if the candidate does not hold a working with children check clearance--

(i) whether or not the candidate has made a current application for a working with children check clearance (and if so, details of that application), and

Note : A
"current application" for a working with children check clearance is an application that has not been finally determined or withdrawn or terminated--see section 5 (1) of the Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012 .

(ii) whether the candidate has been refused a working with children check clearance, and

(iii) whether the candidate has ever been convicted of any of the offences, or been the subject of any of the proceedings, listed in Schedules 1 and 2 to the Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012 , and

(c) whether or not any relevant apprehended violence order has ever been made against the candidate.

(2) The child protection declaration is to identify any such conviction, proceedings or order.

(3) A child protection declaration is to be in the approved form (if any).

(4) A candidate who makes a child protection declaration knowing it to be false, or not believing it to be true, is guilty of an indictable offence.

Maximum penalty (subsection (4)): Imprisonment for 5 years.