CHILD PROTECTION ACT 1999 - SECT 148B Obtaining particular information from chief executive (employment screening)

CHILD PROTECTION ACT 1999 - SECT 148B

148B Obtaining particular information from chief executive (employment screening)

(1) The chief executive may ask the chief executive (employment screening) for the following information—

(a) information about whether a relevant person—

(i) holds a working with children authority or negative notice; or

(ii) holds a working with children authority that is suspended under the Working with Children Act ; or

(iii) has made a working with children check application;

(b) if the relevant person holds a working with children authority—the expiry date for the authority;

(c) if the relevant person holds a negative notice—the date of issue of the notice.

(2) The chief executive (employment screening) must comply with a request under subsection (1) .

(3) In this section—


"relevant person" means—

(a) an applicant for a certificate of approval or an adult member of the applicant’s household; or

(b) the nominee for, or a director of an applicant for or holder of, a licence.