sec.323ARegistration if eligible person is child or person with impaired capacity

### sec.323A Registration if eligible person is child or person with impaired capacity If an eligible person is a child— a parent or guardian of the child is taken to be an eligible person; and subject to this Act, the parent or guardian may be registered instead of, or as well as, the child. If an eligible person is a person with impaired capacity— a guardian of the person or an attorney of the person with an enduring power of attorney is taken to be an eligible person; and subject to this Act, the guardian or attorney may be registered instead of, or as well as, the person with impaired capacity. If a person proposed to be registered as an eligible person is a child— the child is only eligible to be registered if the chief executive is satisfied that registration is in the child’s best interests; and in the case of a child who is in care, the chief executive must consult with the child protection chief executive in deciding whether registration of the child is in the child’s best interests; and if the chief executive decides to register the child, the chief executive must— give the child information about being an eligible person and about how to be removed from the register; and tell the child and the child’s parent or guardian that the parent or guardian may register as an eligible person instead of, or as well as, the child. s 323A ins 2024 No. 25 s 25 (sec.323A-ssec.1) If an eligible person is a child— a parent or guardian of the child is taken to be an eligible person; and subject to this Act, the parent or guardian may be registered instead of, or as well as, the child. (sec.323A-ssec.2) If an eligible person is a person with impaired capacity— a guardian of the person or an attorney of the person with an enduring power of attorney is taken to be an eligible person; and subject to this Act, the guardian or attorney may be registered instead of, or as well as, the person with impaired capacity. (sec.323A-ssec.3) If a person proposed to be registered as an eligible person is a child— the child is only eligible to be registered if the chief executive is satisfied that registration is in the child’s best interests; and in the case of a child who is in care, the chief executive must consult with the child protection chief executive in deciding whether registration of the child is in the child’s best interests; and if the chief executive decides to register the child, the chief executive must— give the child information about being an eligible person and about how to be removed from the register; and tell the child and the child’s parent or guardian that the parent or guardian may register as an eligible person instead of, or as well as, the child. - (a) a parent or guardian of the child is taken to be an eligible person; and - (b) subject to this Act, the parent or guardian may be registered instead of, or as well as, the child. - (a) a guardian of the person or an attorney of the person with an enduring power of attorney is taken to be an eligible person; and - (b) subject to this Act, the guardian or attorney may be registered instead of, or as well as, the person with impaired capacity. - (a) the child is only eligible to be registered if the chief executive is satisfied that registration is in the child’s best interests; and - (b) in the case of a child who is in care, the chief executive must consult with the child protection chief executive in deciding whether registration of the child is in the child’s best interests; and - (c) if the chief executive decides to register the child, the chief executive must— (i) give the child information about being an eligible person and about how to be removed from the register; and (ii) tell the child and the child’s parent or guardian that the parent or guardian may register as an eligible person instead of, or as well as, the child. - (i) give the child information about being an eligible person and about how to be removed from the register; and - (ii) tell the child and the child’s parent or guardian that the parent or guardian may register as an eligible person instead of, or as well as, the child. - (i) give the child information about being an eligible person and about how to be removed from the register; and - (ii) tell the child and the child’s parent or guardian that the parent or guardian may register as an eligible person instead of, or as well as, the child.