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sec.60Chief executive must ensure police officer or registered teacher who is not public sector employee holds exemption
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### sec.60 Chief executive must ensure police officer or registered teacher who is not public sector employee holds exemption
This section applies if—
the chief executive of a public sector entity engages a person who is a police officer or registered teacher to perform child-related duties on the basis the person has made an application mentioned in section 58 (1) (b) ; and
when the chief executive engages the person, the person is not a public sector employee.
The chief executive—
may employ the person on probation only for a period that does not end before a working with children exemption is issued to the person; and
may confirm the person’s employment after probation only if the person is issued a working with children exemption; and
must not confirm the person’s employment after probation if either of the following happens—
the person’s application is withdrawn under the Working with Children Check Act 2000 ;
the person is issued a negative notice.
Subsection (2) does not limit or otherwise affect a power to impose a longer probationary period or to terminate a person’s employment.
In this section—
working with children exemption see the Working with Children Check Act 2000 , section 18B .
s 60 amd 2024 No. 50 s 140 sch 1 ; 2024 No. 49 s 130 sch 4 pt 1
(sec.60-ssec.1) This section applies if— the chief executive of a public sector entity engages a person who is a police officer or registered teacher to perform child-related duties on the basis the person has made an application mentioned in section 58 (1) (b) ; and when the chief executive engages the person, the person is not a public sector employee.
(sec.60-ssec.2) The chief executive— may employ the person on probation only for a period that does not end before a working with children exemption is issued to the person; and may confirm the person’s employment after probation only if the person is issued a working with children exemption; and must not confirm the person’s employment after probation if either of the following happens— the person’s application is withdrawn under the Working with Children Check Act 2000 ; the person is issued a negative notice.
(sec.60-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not limit or otherwise affect a power to impose a longer probationary period or to terminate a person’s employment.
(sec.60-ssec.4) In this section— working with children exemption see the Working with Children Check Act 2000 , section 18B .
- (a) the chief executive of a public sector entity engages a person who is a police officer or registered teacher to perform child-related duties on the basis the person has made an application mentioned in section 58 (1) (b) ; and
- (b) when the chief executive engages the person, the person is not a public sector employee.
- (a) may employ the person on probation only for a period that does not end before a working with children exemption is issued to the person; and
- (b) may confirm the person’s employment after probation only if the person is issued a working with children exemption; and
- (c) must not confirm the person’s employment after probation if either of the following happens— (i) the person’s application is withdrawn under the Working with Children Check Act 2000 ; (ii) the person is issued a negative notice.
- (i) the person’s application is withdrawn under the Working with Children Check Act 2000 ;
- (ii) the person is issued a negative notice.
- (i) the person’s application is withdrawn under the Working with Children Check Act 2000 ;
- (ii) the person is issued a negative notice.