37Automatic cancellation—working with children requirements no longer met

37 Automatic cancellation—working with children requirements no longer met

37 Automatic cancellation—working with children requirements no longer met

(1) The authorisation of a person as an authorised carer is automatically cancelled if the person—

(a) no longer has—

(i) a WWCCC, or

(ii) a WWCCC application, or

(b) is subject to an interim bar.

(2) The cancellation of the authorisation takes effect—

(a) when the person is notified—

(i) the person’s WWCCC has been cancelled, or

(ii) the person’s current WWCCC application has been terminated or refused, or

(iii) the person is subject to an interim bar, or

(b) if the WWCCC is cancelled under the Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012, section 24—when the person notifies the Children’s Guardian the person wishes to surrender the person’s WWCCC, or

(c) if the WWCCC ceases to have effect because 5 years have passed since it was granted and the holder of the WWCCC has not applied for a new WWCCC—on the day the WWCCC ceases to have effect.

(3) The designated agency supervising the out-of-home care of a child or young person in the care of a person whose authorisation is cancelled under this section must, within 48 hours of becoming aware of the cancellation, ensure the child or young person no longer resides with the person.

(4) The designated agency that authorised a person may revive the person’s authorisation within 2 years after it is cancelled under this section, if the person—

(a) has—

(i) a WWCCC, or

(ii) a WWCCC application, and

(b) is not subject to an interim bar.

(5) Subsection (3) does not apply if—

(a) an authorisation cancelled under subsection (1) is revived under subsection (4) before the child or young person is removed from the person’s residence, and