Working with Children Check Act 2000

This section applies if—

a working with children check (exemption) application is for a person who is a police officer; and

the police commissioner has advised the chief executive under section 222 that the person is a police officer.

Before deciding the application, the chief executive must ask the police commissioner to advise the chief executive whether the chief executive may need to undertake further employment screening of the person.

For subsection (2), the chief executive’s request may include identifying information for the person.

The police commissioner must comply with the request.

However, the police commissioner may give advice under subsection (2) only if the police commissioner is aware—

the person has been charged with an offence; and

the charge has not been finally dealt with.