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Public Sector Act 2022
sec.64Application of division
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### sec.64 Application of division
This division applies if—
the chief executive of a public sector entity engages, proposes to engage, or has engaged, a person to perform a prescribed duty in the entity; and
the chief executive (working with children) has issued a working with children authority to the person; and
the chief executive (working with children) has advised the chief executive of the public sector entity, under the Working with Children Check Act 2000 , section 246J , that a further assessment of the person may be needed to decide whether the person should be engaged to perform the prescribed duty.
However, this section does not apply if the chief executive of the public sector entity engages, proposes to engage, or has engaged, the person to perform the prescribed duty only—
under a contract for services; or
on a voluntary basis; or
if the person is a student—under an arrangement to provide the person with practical experience in the person’s field of study.
In this section—
chief executive (working with children) means the chief executive of the department in which the Working with Children Check Act 2000 is administered.
s 64 amd 2024 No. 50 s 140 sch 1 ; 2024 No. 49 s 130 sch 4 pt 1
(sec.64-ssec.1) This division applies if— the chief executive of a public sector entity engages, proposes to engage, or has engaged, a person to perform a prescribed duty in the entity; and the chief executive (working with children) has issued a working with children authority to the person; and the chief executive (working with children) has advised the chief executive of the public sector entity, under the Working with Children Check Act 2000 , section 246J , that a further assessment of the person may be needed to decide whether the person should be engaged to perform the prescribed duty.
(sec.64-ssec.2) However, this section does not apply if the chief executive of the public sector entity engages, proposes to engage, or has engaged, the person to perform the prescribed duty only— under a contract for services; or on a voluntary basis; or if the person is a student—under an arrangement to provide the person with practical experience in the person’s field of study.
(sec.64-ssec.3) In this section— chief executive (working with children) means the chief executive of the department in which the Working with Children Check Act 2000 is administered.
- (a) the chief executive of a public sector entity engages, proposes to engage, or has engaged, a person to perform a prescribed duty in the entity; and
- (b) the chief executive (working with children) has issued a working with children authority to the person; and
- (c) the chief executive (working with children) has advised the chief executive of the public sector entity, under the Working with Children Check Act 2000 , section 246J , that a further assessment of the person may be needed to decide whether the person should be engaged to perform the prescribed duty.
- (a) under a contract for services; or
- (b) on a voluntary basis; or
- (c) if the person is a student—under an arrangement to provide the person with practical experience in the person’s field of study.