Registration to Work with Vulnerable People Act 2013
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15 Person required to be registered to engage in regulated activity
[Section 15 Subsection (1) amended by No. 47 of 2016, s. 20, Applied:10 Jul 2017] [Section 15 Subsection (1) amended by No. 47 of 2016, s. 20, Applied:10 Jul 2017] [Section 15 Subsection (1) amended by No. 47 of 2016, s. 20, Applied:10 Jul 2017] [Section 15 Subsection (3) amended by No. 46 of 2015, s. 38, Applied:01 Apr 2016] [Section 15 Subsection (3) amended by No. 29 of 2018, s. 42, Applied:10 Dec 2018] [Section 15 Subsection (3) amended by No. 46 of 2015, s. 38, Applied:01 Apr 2016] [Section 15 Subsection (3) amended by No. 46 of 2015, s. 38, Applied:01 Apr 2016] [Section 15 Subsection (3) amended by No. 46 of 2015, s. 38, Applied:01 Apr 2016] [Section 15 Subsection (3A) inserted by No. 46 of 2015, s. 38, Applied:01 Apr 2016] [Section 15 Substituted by No. 18 of 2019, s. 12, Applied:01 Feb 2021]
(1) Subject to subsection (2) , a person is required to be registered in a category of registration if the person engages, in relation to a person who isa member of the class of vulnerable persons to whom that category of registration relates, in a regulated activity that is prescribed, or determined, in respect of that category of registration.
(2) However, a person is not required to be registered in relation to a regulated activity that is prescribed or determined in respect of a category of registration –
(a) if –
(i) the person is registered under a corresponding law; and
(ii) the regulated activity is substantially similar to an activity or service that the person is allowed, by that registration, to engage in under the corresponding law; and