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Care and Protection of Children Act 2007
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185 Child-related employment
(1) A person is engaged in child-related employment if the person is
engaged to perform child-related work.
(2) Child-related work is any work that involves or may potentially
involve contact with children in connection with any of the following:
(a) child protection services provided by or for the Department;
(b) an education and care service operated under the Education
and Care Services National Law (NT);
(c) an educational facility for children, including a government
school established under the Education Act 2015 and a school
registered under Part 7 of that Act, other than a facility
prescribed by regulation;
(d) juvenile detention centres;
(e) refuges or other residential facilities used by children;
(f) wards of hospitals or any other facilities for health services in
which children are ordinarily patients;
(g) clubs, associations or movements (including those that are of
a cultural, recreational or sporting nature) with significant child
membership or involvement;
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(h) religious organisations;
(i) babysitting or childminding services;
(j) fostering of children;
(k) transportation services for children;
(l) private tuition services for children;
(m) counselling or other support services for children;
(n) overnight camps for children;
(o) road crossing services for school children;
(p) any of the following services, activities or facilities that are
provided or arranged for children:
(i) gym or play facilities;
(ii) photographic services;
(iii) talent or beauty competitions;
(iv) entertainment or party services;
(q) any other services, activities or facilities prescribed by
regulation.
(3) A person may be engaged in child-related employment under a
contract of employment or any other contract or arrangement
(whether written or unwritten and whether for a reward or not).
(4) Anyone who enters into such a contract or arrangement for a
person or body to perform child-related work must be regarded as
someone who engages the person or body in child-related
employment.
(5) Without limiting subsections (1) to (4), any of the following is a
person engaged in child-related employment:
(a) anyone performing child-related work:
(i) as a minister of religion or as part of a religious vocation;
or
(ii) as a student for the practical training of an educational or
vocational course; or
(iii) as a voluntary worker;
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(b) if a body is engaged to perform child-related work, any of the
(i) for a body corporate as defined in the Corporations
Act 2001 – an officer of the body corporate as defined in
that Act;
(ii) for any other body corporate – anyone (however
described) who takes part in the management of the
body corporate;
(iii) for any unincorporated body or association – a member
of the committee of management (however described) of
the body or association;
(c) if a partnership is engaged to perform child-related work – a
partner in the partnership.