15Person required to be registered to engage in regulated activity

### 15 Person required to be registered to engage in regulated activity > [*\[Section 15 Subsection (1) amended by No. 47 of 2016, s. 20, Applied:10 Jul 2017\]*](/view/html/inforce/2017-07-10/act-2016-047#GS20@Hpa@EN) [*\[Section 15 Subsection (1) amended by No. 47 of 2016, s. 20, Applied:10 Jul 2017\]*](/view/html/inforce/2017-07-10/act-2016-047#GS20@Hpb@EN) [*\[Section 15 Subsection (1) amended by No. 47 of 2016, s. 20, Applied:10 Jul 2017\]*](/view/html/inforce/2017-07-10/act-2016-047#GS20@Hpc@EN) [*\[Section 15 Subsection (3) amended by No. 46 of 2015, s. 38, Applied:01 Apr 2016\]*](/view/html/inforce/2016-04-01/act-2015-046#GS38@Hpa@EN) [*\[Section 15 Subsection (3) amended by No. 29 of 2018, s. 42, Applied:10 Dec 2018\]*](/view/html/inforce/2018-12-10/act-2018-029#GS42@EN) [*\[Section 15 Subsection (3) amended by No. 46 of 2015, s. 38, Applied:01 Apr 2016\]*](/view/html/inforce/2016-04-01/act-2015-046#GS38@Hpb@EN) [*\[Section 15 Subsection (3) amended by No. 46 of 2015, s. 38, Applied:01 Apr 2016\]*](/view/html/inforce/2016-04-01/act-2015-046#GS38@Hpc@EN) [*\[Section 15 Subsection (3) amended by No. 46 of 2015, s. 38, Applied:01 Apr 2016\]*](/view/html/inforce/2016-04-01/act-2015-046#GS38@Hpd@EN) [*\[Section 15 Subsection (3A) inserted by No. 46 of 2015, s. 38, Applied:01 Apr 2016\]*](/view/html/inforce/2016-04-01/act-2015-046#GS38@Hpe@EN) [*\[Section 15 Substituted by No. 18 of 2019, s. 12, Applied:01 Feb 2021\]*](/view/html/inforce/2021-02-01/act-2019-018#GS12@EN) > > > (1)  Subject to [subsection (2)](#GS15@Gs2@EN) , 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 > > > > > > > > > > > (iii) the class of persons in relation to whom the person engages in a regulated activity is substantially similar to the class of vulnerable persons to whom the registration under the corresponding law relates; and > > > > > > > > > > > (iv) the registration under a corresponding law has not been renewed after the person has, in the opinion of the Registrar, become a resident of this State; or > > > > > > > (b) if the person is engaged in the regulated activity as – > > > > > > > > > > (i) a police officer, including a police officer (however described) of another jurisdiction; or > > > > > > > > > > > (ii) an AFP appointee within the meaning of the *Australian Federal Police Act 1979* of the Commonwealth; or > > > > > > > (c) if the person is – > > > > > > > > > > (i) engaged in the regulated activity (other than a regulated activity that consists of an overnight camp, excursion or stay) for a particular employer in circumstances that do not involve the person being in contact with a vulnerable person; and > > > > > > > > > > > (ii) so engaged in the regulated activity for that particular employer in those circumstances on not more than 7 days in any calendar year; or > > > > > > > (d) if the person is a member of a class of persons prescribed by the regulations as not being required to hold registration under this Act in a category of registration in respect of which the regulated activity is prescribed or determined; or > > > > > > > (e) if the person is engaged in a regulated activity in circumstances that are prescribed in the regulations as circumstances in which a person is not required to hold registration under this Act in a category of registration in respect of which the regulated activity is prescribed or determined. > > > (3)  For the purpose of determining the number of days for which a person is engaged in a regulated activity, any engagement in the regulated activity on a particular day, regardless of the actual time spent engaging in that activity on that day, is taken to be engagement in the regulated activity on that day. > > > (4)  [Subsection (2)](#GS15@Gs2@EN) does not apply to a person engaged in a regulated activity if – > > > > > > (a) the person has been provided with a negative notice in respect of an application for registration in a category of registration in respect of which the regulated activity is prescribed or determined; or > > > > > > > (b) the person's registration in a category of registration for which the regulated activity is prescribed or determined has been cancelled under [section 51](#GS51@EN) .