CHILD PROTECTION ACT 1999 - SECT 133
Process for initial issue of a certificate
CHILD PROTECTION ACT 1999 - SECT 133
Process for initial issue of a certificate
133 Process for initial issue of a certificate
(1) A person may apply to the chief executive to be issued with a certificate.
(2) The application must be in the approved form.
(3) The approved form may
require the disclosure of any of the following—
(a) the applicant’s
criminal history, domestic violence history and traffic history;
(b) the
membership of the applicant’s household;
(c) information of which the
applicant is aware, or that the applicant reasonably suspects, about the
criminal history, domestic violence history and traffic history of each member
of the applicant’s household;
(d) information about whether the applicant
and each adult member of the applicant’s household either—
(i) holds a
working with children authority or negative notice; or
(ii) has made a
working with children check application;
(e) if the applicant or an adult
member of the applicant’s household holds a working with children
authority—the expiry date for the authority.
(4) The application must be
signed by the applicant and each adult member of the applicant’s household.
Note—
Under division 7 , the chief executive may obtain information about
the applicant and adult members of the applicant’s household direct from the
police commissioner and the chief executive for transport.
(5) If the chief
executive decides to grant the application, the chief executive must issue a
certificate and give it to the applicant.
(6) The certificate may be issued
subject to the reasonable conditions the chief executive considers
appropriate.
(7) If it is a kinship carer certificate, it must relate only to
the care of 1 child.
(8) The matters stated in the certificate must include
the following—
(a) the approved carer’s name;
(b) whether the carer is an
approved foster carer or approved kinship carer;
(c) for a kinship carer
certificate—the name of the child for whom the carer is approved;
(d) any
conditions of the certificate;
(e) the day of its issue;
(f) the day on
which it is due to expire (the
"expiry day" ).
