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Children's Services Act 1996
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123 Grounds for giving prohibition notice
(1) The Regulatory Authority may give a prohibition notice to a person who is in any way involved in the provision of an approved children's service if it considers that there may be an unacceptable risk of harm to a child or children if the person were allowed—
(a) to remain on the children's service premises; or
(b) to provide education and care to children.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a person may be involved in the provision of an approved children's service as any of the following—
(a) an approved provider;
(b) a nominated supervisor;
(c) an educator;
(d) an employee;
(e) a contractor;
(f) a volunteer;
(g) a person who was formerly a person referred to in paragraphs (a) to (f) in relation to the approved children's service—
or in any other capacity.
(3) The Regulatory Authority may give a prohibition notice to a person to—
(a) prohibit the person from being nominated as a nominated supervisor if the Regulatory Authority considers the person is not a fit and proper person to be nominated as a nominated supervisor of a service; or
(b) impose one or more conditions on the nomination of the person as a nominated supervisor that the Regulatory Authority considers appropriate, if the Regulatory Authority considers the person is a fit and proper person to be nominated as a nominated supervisor of a service subject to those conditions.
S. 124 inserted by No. 37/2019 s. 8.