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Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012
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#### 6 Child-related work
6 Child-related work
> > (1) A worker is engaged in child-related work for the purposes of this Act if—
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> > > (a) the worker is engaged in work referred to in subsection (2) that involves direct contact by the worker with a child or children and that contact is a usual part of and more than incidental to the work, or
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> > > (b) the worker is engaged in work in a child-related role referred to in subsection (3).
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> > (2) The work referred to is work for, or in connection with, any of the following that is declared by the regulations to be child-related work—
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> > > (a) child development
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> > > mentoring and counselling services for children,
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> > > (b) child protection
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> > > child protection services,
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> > > (c) children’s health services
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> > > the provision of health care in wards of hospitals where children are treated and the direct provision of other child health services,
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> > > (d) clubs or other bodies providing services for children
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> > > clubs, associations, movements, societies or other bodies (including bodies of a cultural, recreational or sporting nature) providing programs or services for children,
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> > > (e) disability services
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> > > respite care or other support services for children with a disability,
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> > > (f) early education and child care
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> > > education and care services, child care centres, nanny services and other child care,
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> > > (g) education
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> > > schools or other educational institutions (other than universities) and private coaching or tuition of children,
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> > > (h) entertainment for children
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> > > sporting, cultural or other entertainment venues used primarily by children and entertainment services for children,
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> > > (i) justice services
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> > > detention centres (within the meaning of the [Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1987-057)) and juvenile correctional centres (within the meaning of the [Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1999-093)),
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> > > (j) religious services
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> > > any religious organisation,
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> > > (k) residential services
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> > > refuges used by children, long term home stays for children, boarding houses or other residential services for children and overnight camps for children,
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> > > (l) transport services for children
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> > > transport services especially for children, including school bus services and taxi services for children with a disability and supervision of school road crossings,
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> > > (m) other
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> > > any other service for children prescribed by the regulations.
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> > (3) The following roles are referred to—
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> > > (a) an approved provider or manager of an education and care service,
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> > > (b) a nominated supervisor (within the meaning of the [Children (Education and Care Services) National Law (NSW)](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2010-104a) of an education and care service,
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> > > (c) an authorised carer,
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> > > (d) an assessment officer (within the meaning of section 27A of the [Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1998-157)),
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> > > (e) the principal officer of a designated agency,
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> > > (f) the principal officer of an accredited adoption service provider,
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> > > (g) any other role with respect to children prescribed by the regulations.
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> > (3A) The regulations may provide for circumstances in which direct contact by a worker with a child or children is taken to be a usual part of and more than incidental to a worker’s work.
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> > (4) In this section—
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> > direct contact with children means—
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> > > (a) physical contact, or
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> > > (b) face to face contact.
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> **s 6:** Am 2015 No 29, Sch 2 \[3\]; 2018 No 14, Sch 1 \[3\] \[4\]; 2018 No 46, Sch 2.1 \[3\].