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Care and Protection of Children Act 2007
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193 Change of circumstances requiring imposition of conditions
(1) A person holding a clearance notice that is in force must, as soon
as practicable after a change of circumstances prescribed by
regulation has occurred, give written notice of the change to:
(a) the Authority; and
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(b) everyone who engages or proposes to engage the person in
(2) After becoming aware of the change (whether because of
subsection (1) or not), the Authority may specify conditions for the
clearance notice by notice given to the following:
(a) the person;
(b) the applicant for the clearance notice (if the applicant was not
the person);
(c) anyone who engages or proposes to engage the person in
(3) The Authority must have regard to the administrative guidelines
when giving the notice.
(4) The notice must:
(a) be accompanied by the Authority's reasons for specifying the
conditions; and
(b) state that the person and applicant are entitled to apply for a
review of the decision under section 194; and
(c) the time within which the application may be made.
(5) Without limiting subsection (2), the Authority may specify any of the
following conditions for the clearance notice under that subsection:
(a) that the person must not be engaged in child-related
employment for a specified period;
(b) that the person must not be engaged in a specified class of
child-related employment for a specified period;
(c) that the person may be engaged in child-related employment
or a specified class of child-related employment only under
specified conditions.
(6) A person must not contravene any of the specified conditions.
(7) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against
subsection (6) if the defendant has a reasonable excuse.
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