Public Guardian Act 2014

This section applies to the public guardian in considering information about a person received under this part.

The information must not be used for any purpose other than assessing the person’s suitability to be, or continue to be, a community visitor.

When making the assessment, the public guardian must have regard to the following matters relating to any criminal history—

when the offence was committed or was alleged to have been committed;

the nature of the offence and its relevance to the person’s duties or proposed duties as a community visitor;

anything else the public guardian considers relevant to the assessment of the person.