CARE AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN ACT 2007 (NO 37 OF 2007) - SECT 187 Obligations for child-related employment

CARE AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN ACT 2007 (NO 37 OF 2007) - SECT 187

    (1)     An individual engaged in child-related employment must hold a clearance notice that is in force.

    (2)     A person must not engage an individual in child-related employment unless the individual holds a clearance notice that is in force.

    (3)     A person must not contravene subsection (1) or (2).

Maximum penalty:     500 penalty units.

    (4)     An individual and someone (the employer ) who engages or proposes to engage the individual in child-related employment are not required to comply with subsections (1) and (2) for the engagement if:

    (a)     an application for a clearance notice for the individual has been made but the Authority has not decided the application; and

    (b)     a period of exemption specified by the CEO for the individual and employer has not expired.

    (5)     The CEO may specify the period only if:

    (a)     the employer:

        (i)     has applied to the CEO for the exemption in the approved form; and

        (ii)     has given any additional information for the application requested by the CEO; and

    (b)     the CEO considers it appropriate to grant the exemption having regard to the circumstances of the engagement (including any practice of the employer to safeguard the children concerned).

    (6)     The period may be extended by the CEO as the CEO considers appropriate.