185Child-related employment

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;

Care and Protection of Children Act 2007 114 (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;

Care and Protection of Children Act 2007 115 (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.