Disability Services Act 2006
sec.71Notice of change in police information or risk assessment matter
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sec.71 Notice of change in police information or risk assessment matter
This section applies if, before the chief executive decides a disability worker screening application, the applicant becomes aware that— the police information about the applicant changes; or a risk assessment matter relating to the applicant changes. The applicant must immediately give the chief executive a notice about the change, in the approved form and in an approved way. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. For subsection (1) (a) , the police information about a person changes if a criminal history event happens in relation to the person. s 71 prev s 71 om 2010 No. 5 s 83 pres s 71 sub 2010 No. 5 s 109 ; 2020 No. 39 s 11 (sec.71-ssec.1) This section applies if, before the chief executive decides a disability worker screening application, the applicant becomes aware that— the police information about the applicant changes; or a risk assessment matter relating to the applicant changes. (sec.71-ssec.2) The applicant must immediately give the chief executive a notice about the change, in the approved form and in an approved way. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. (sec.71-ssec.3) For subsection (1) (a) , the police information about a person changes if a criminal history event happens in relation to the person.
- (a) the police information about the applicant changes; or
- (b) a risk assessment matter relating to the applicant changes.