sec.15DObtaining information from chief executive (employment screening)

sec.15D Obtaining information from chief executive (employment screening)

This section applies if an applicant for registration or permission to teach claims to be the holder of a working with children clearance under the Working with Children Check Act 2000 . The college may ask the chief executive (employment screening) to advise the college about— whether or not the applicant is the holder of a working with children clearance under the Working with Children Check Act 2000 ; and whether or not the applicant’s working with children clearance is suspended under the Working with Children Check Act 2000 ; and if the applicant is the holder of a working with children clearance under that Act that is not suspended—whether the college may need to have regard to the matters mentioned in section 11 (1) for deciding whether the applicant is suitable to teach. For subsection (2) , the college’s request may include the following information— the person’s name and any other name that the college believes the person may use or may have used; the person’s gender and date and place of birth; the person’s address; any number or date given by the person about the working with children clearance the person holds or claims to hold. The chief executive (employment screening) must comply with the request. However— the chief executive (employment screening) may give advice under subsection (2) (c) only if he or she is aware of police information about the person; and if paragraph (a) applies, the advice must be that the college may need to have regard to the matters mentioned in section 11 (1) for deciding whether the applicant is suitable to teach. If the chief executive (employment screening) gives advice under subsection (2) (c) about the applicant, the advice must be accompanied by a notice stating that no adverse inference about the applicant’s police information or suitability to teach may be drawn by the fact the advice was given. s 15D ins 2010 No. 5 s 176 amd 2014 No. 28 s 105 sch 1 ; 2019 No. 18 s 86 (2) sch 2 ; 2024 No. 49 s 130 sch 4 pt 2 (sec.15D-ssec.1) This section applies if an applicant for registration or permission to teach claims to be the holder of a working with children clearance under the Working with Children Check Act 2000 . (sec.15D-ssec.2) The college may ask the chief executive (employment screening) to advise the college about— whether or not the applicant is the holder of a working with children clearance under the Working with Children Check Act 2000 ; and whether or not the applicant’s working with children clearance is suspended under the Working with Children Check Act 2000 ; and if the applicant is the holder of a working with children clearance under that Act that is not suspended—whether the college may need to have regard to the matters mentioned in section 11 (1) for deciding whether the applicant is suitable to teach. (sec.15D-ssec.3) For subsection (2) , the college’s request may include the following information— the person’s name and any other name that the college believes the person may use or may have used; the person’s gender and date and place of birth; the person’s address; any number or date given by the person about the working with children clearance the person holds or claims to hold. (sec.15D-ssec.4) The chief executive (employment screening) must comply with the request. (sec.15D-ssec.5) However— the chief executive (employment screening) may give advice under subsection (2) (c) only if he or she is aware of police information about the person; and if paragraph (a) applies, the advice must be that the college may need to have regard to the matters mentioned in section 11 (1) for deciding whether the applicant is suitable to teach. (sec.15D-ssec.6) If the chief executive (employment screening) gives advice under subsection (2) (c) about the applicant, the advice must be accompanied by a notice stating that no adverse inference about the applicant’s police information or suitability to teach may be drawn by the fact the advice was given.