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Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012
5AMeaning of “reside on a property”
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#### 5A Meaning of “reside on a property”
5A Meaning of “reside on a property”
> > (1) Subject to subsection (2), a person resides on a property if the person resides (which includes sleep on a regular or frequent basis) anywhere on the property (whether or not in a building, caravan, structure, vehicle or other thing).
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> > (2) The regulations may prescribe circumstances in which a person is, or is not, taken to reside on a property (including by prescribing circumstances in which 2 persons are, or are not, taken to be residing on the same property).
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> **s 5A:** Ins 2015 No 29, Sch 2 \[2\].