Working with Children Check Act 2000

Chapter 8 does not apply to the employment of a person in new local government regulated employment until 3 months after the commencement (local government commencement date).

Subsections (3) to (5) apply to a person who, at the local government commencement date—

is employed in new local government regulated employment; and

does not have a current positive notice.

If the person is not a police officer or registered teacher and is employed in the new local government regulated employment as a volunteer, section 188 does not apply in relation to the employment of the person until—

if a prescribed notice application about the person is made before or during the transitional period and is not withdrawn—the day a prescribed notice is issued to the employee; or

if a prescribed notice application about the person is made before or during the transitional period and is withdrawn—the day the application is withdrawn; or

if a prescribed notice application about the person is not made before or during the transitional period—the transitional period ends.

If the person is not a police officer or registered teacher and is employed in the new local government regulated employment other than as a volunteer and the person does not have a current positive notice, sections 191 to 193 do not apply in relation to the employment of the person until the transitional period ends.

If the person is a police officer or registered teacher, sections 251 and 253 to 255 do not apply in relation to the employment of the person until the transitional period ends.

Section 323 does not apply to a person mentioned in subsection (2) until the first prescribed notice application or exemption notice application about the person is made after the commencement.

In this section—transitional period means the period—

starting on the local government commencement date; and

ending 12 months after the local government commencement date.