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REGISTRATION TO WORK WITH VULNERABLE PEOPLE ACT 2013 (NO. 65 OF 2013)

- Act 65 of 2013 - Royal Assent 13 December 2013

Table of Provisions

Long Title

PART 1 - Preliminary

  • 1 Short title
  • 2 Commencement
  • 3 Interpretation
  • 4 Vulnerable person defined
  • 5 Engaged in a regulated activity defined
  • 6 Contact with a vulnerable person defined
  • 7 Employer defined
  • 8 Employer not limited to background checks in this Act
  • 9 Employer may require registration
  • 10 Notes and examples

PART 2 - Registrar

  • 11 Registrar
  • 12 Advisory committees
  • 13 Provision of notices by Registrar
  • 14 Delegation by Registrar

PART 3 - Requirement for Registration

  • 15 Person required to be registered to engage in regulated activity
  • 16 Offence to engage in regulated activity unless registered
  • 17 Offence for employer to engage unregistered person in regulated
  • activity
  • 18 Unregistered person may engage in regulated activity in certain
  • supervised employment circumstances

PART 4 - Applying for Registration

  • 19 Application for registration
  • 20 Contents of application for registration
  • 21 Registrar to notify applicant of certain matters
  • 22 Requiring additional information
  • 23 Offence to give false or misleading information
  • 24 Offence for applicant to fail to disclose charge or conviction for
  • relevant offence

PART 5 - Risk Assessments Division 1 - Meaning of risk assessment

  • 25 Risk assessment defined

Division 2 - Risk assessment orders

  • 26 Risk assessment order
  • 27 Availability of risk assessment order

Division 3 - Conducting risk assessments

  • 28 Risk assessments
  • 29 Registrar may obtain information to conduct risk assessments

Division 4 - Negative risk assessments

  • 30 Proposed negative notices
  • 31 Extension of period to request reconsideration of negative risk
  • assessment
  • 32 Refusal to register a person and negative notices

PART 6 - Registration Division 1 - Registration

  • 33 Registration
  • 34 Term of registration
  • 35 Conditional registration
  • 36 Proposed conditional registration
  • 37 Extension of period for requesting consideration of proposed
  • conditional registration
  • 38 Reconsideration of proposed conditional registration
  • 39 Registration after proposed conditional registration notice
  • 40 Amendment of conditional registration
  • 41 Offence for registered person to contravene condition of registration

Division 2 - Registration cards

  • 42 Registration card
  • 43 Replacement registration cards
  • 44 Surrender of registration card

Division 3 - Monitoring registered persons

  • 45 Registrar may obtain information from entities about registered people
  • 46 Additional risk assessments
  • 47 Offence for registered person to fail to disclose charge, conviction
  • or finding of guilt for relevant offence
  • 48 Offence for registered person to fail to notify change of name or
  • address

Division 4 - Suspending or cancelling registration

  • 49 Grounds for suspension or cancellation of registration
  • 50 Notice of proposed suspension or cancellation of registration
  • 51 Suspension or cancellation of registration

Division 5 - Surrendering registration

  • 52 Surrendering registration

PART 7 - Notification and Review of Decisions

  • 53 Review of decisions

PART 8 - Miscellaneous

  • 54 Offence to use or divulge protected information
  • 55 Infringement notices
  • 56 Protection from liability
  • 57 Exemption from Right to Information Act 2009 and Personal Information
  • Protection Act 2004
  • 58 Evidentiary certificates
  • 59 Approved forms
  • 60 Regulations
  • 61 Administration of Act
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