Working with Children Check Act 2000

This section applies if the applicant holds a negative notice.

The application has no effect.

The chief executive must give a notice that states the following matters to the applicant and each notifiable person for the applicant—

the application has no effect because the applicant holds a negative notice;

the day the negative notice was issued.

A notice given to the applicant under subsection (3) must also state the following matters—

the applicant may apply to cancel a negative notice under section 304G if—

the applicant is not a disqualified person; and

the applicant is not the subject of an adverse interstate WWC decision that is in effect; and

the application is made more than 3 years after the negative notice was issued;

if either of the following applies, the applicant may apply under section 304G to cancel the negative notice—

the decision to issue the notice was based on wrong or incomplete information;

the negative notice was issued because the applicant was a disqualified person and the applicant is no longer a disqualified person.

If the negative notice was issued to the applicant because the applicant is a disqualified person, a notice given to the chief executive (child safety) under subsection (3) must also state the provision of the Act under which the negative notice was issued.