SEX OFFENDERS REGISTRATION ACT 2004 - SECT 69 Offence to fail to disclose charges
SEX OFFENDERS REGISTRATION ACT 2004 - SECT 69
Offence to fail to disclose chargesS. 69(1) amended by No. 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. item 112.5).
(1) A person engaged in child-related employment (including employment under a contract for services) who is charged with a registrable offence must disclose the charge to his or her employer within 7 days after the filing of the charge-sheet charging the offence or (in the case of a charge that is pending immediately before the commencement of this subsection) within 7 days after that commencement.
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
(2) A person who applies for employment (including employment under a contract for services) that is child-related employment and against whom there is a pending charge of a registrable offence must disclose the charge to his or her prospective employer at the time of making the application.
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
S. 69(3) amended by No. 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. item 112.5).
(3) A person who has (whether before or after the commencement of this subsection) applied for employment (including employment under a contract for services) that is child-related employment and who, while the application is still current, is charged with a registrable offence must disclose the charge to his or her prospective employer within 7 days after the filing of the charge-sheet charging the offence or (in the case of a charge that is pending immediately before the commencement of this subsection) within 7 days after that commencement.
Penalty: 60 penalty units.