13ABTermination of applications for clearances

13AB Termination of applications for clearances

13AB Termination of applications for clearances

(1) The Children’s Guardian may terminate an application for a working with children check clearance if—

(a) the applicant fails to provide, or incorrectly provides, the applicant’s—

(i) full name, or

(ii) former name, or

(iii) known aliases, or

(b) the application is a duplicate application.

(2) The Children’s Guardian must terminate an application for a working with children check clearance if notified of the death of the applicant.

(3) The grounds for terminating an application for a clearance under this section are in addition to other grounds on which the Children’s Guardian may terminate an application under this Act.

(4) The Children’s Guardian must, as soon as practicable after terminating an application, give written notice of the termination to—

(a) for an application terminated under subsection (1)—the applicant, and

(b) for an application terminated under subsection (1)(a) or (2)—each person the Children’s Guardian reasonably believes to be a notifiable person in relation to the applicant.

(5) In this section—

duplicate application means an application made by an applicant for a class of clearance for which the applicant has made a previous application not yet determined.

s 13AB: Ins 2022 No 34, Sch 1[2].