Registration to Work with Vulnerable People Act 2013

Subject to subsections (3) and (4), a person may apply to the Registrar for registration under this Act in respect of one or more categories of registration.

An application – if an application for registration form is approved by the Registrar under section 59, is to be in that form; and is to contain the information, and be accompanied by the documents, required under section 20; and is to be accompanied by the fee prescribed by the regulations; and is to be lodged in the manner prescribed by the regulations or, if no manner is so prescribed, in a manner approved by the Registrar.

A person who has been provided with a negative notice in relation to an application in a category of registration, or whose registration in a category of registration has been cancelled, may only apply under subsection (1) for registration in that category if – the application is made after 5 years after the day on which the person was provided with the negative notice or the cancellation of the registration took effect; or the Registrar is satisfied that there has been significant and exceptional change in the person's circumstances since that day.

A person may only apply under subsection (1) for registration in a category of registration, where the person’s registration under a corresponding law in an equivalent category has been refused or cancelled, if the person is eligible to apply for registration under the corresponding law in the equivalent category that had been refused or cancelled.

Subsection (4) does not apply in respect of the refusal or cancellation of a person’s registration under a corresponding law if the Registrar is satisfied that the refusal or cancellation of the registration under the corresponding law was solely in response to the refusal or cancellation of the registration under a different corresponding law.