Working with Children Check Act 2000

A business is a regulated business if—

the usual activities of the business include, or are likely to include, a child accommodation service and—

the person who carries on the business provides the accommodation that constitutes the child accommodation service in the person’s home; or

the person who carries on the business provides the child accommodation service under an arrangement organised by a government entity or a local government; or

the business includes providing an overnight camp or excursion for children.

For subsection (1)(b), an overnight camp or excursion is a regulated business regardless of the type of accommodation or how many children are involved.

However, a business mentioned in subsection (1)(b) is not a regulated business if—

the activities of the business are limited to providing services for the maintenance and repair or ongoing operation of the site at which the service is provided; and

the activities of the business are of a nature that does not permit or facilitate contact with children, other than incidental contact.

In this section—home, of a person, includes the person’s principal place of residence and any holiday home of the person. sch 1 s 21 (prev sch 1 s 13) ins 2004 No. 49 s 50(7)