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Care and Protection of Children Act 2007
188Application for clearance notice
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188 Application for clearance notice
(1) Any of the following may apply to the Authority for the issue of a
clearance notice to an individual (the candidate):
(a) the candidate;
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(b) a person who engages, or proposes to engage, the candidate
in child-related employment.
(2) The application must be:
(a) in the approved form; and
(b) accompanied by any proof of the identity of the candidate
required by regulation; and
(c) accompanied by a statement of the candidate that:
(i) if the applicant is not the candidate – authorises the
making of the application; and
(ii) authorises the Commissioner of Police and anyone
prescribed by regulation to give information about the
candidate to the Authority.
(3) The candidate must give the Authority any additional information for
the application requested by the Authority.