Section 16A - Registration to Work with Vulnerable People Act 2013 - Offence for registered person in volunteer class to engage in regulated activity for financial or other material benefit or reward

16AOffence for registered person in volunteer class to engage in regulated activity for financial or other material benefit or reward

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### 16A Offence for registered person in volunteer class to engage in regulated activity for financial or other material benefit or reward > [*\[Section 16A Inserted by No. 46 of 2015, s. 39, Applied:01 Apr 2016\]*](/view/html/inforce/2016-04-01/act-2015-046#GS39@EN) > > > (1) A registered person who is registered in the class of volunteer must not engage in a regulated activity for financial or other material benefit or reward. > > > > Penalty: Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units. > > > (2) If a registered person applies, before or on the day of first engaging in a regulated activity for financial or other material benefit or reward, to amend his or her registration to the class of employee/volunteer, [subsection (1)](#GS16A@Gs1@EN) does not apply for the period – > > > > > > (a) [*\[Section 16A Subsection (2) amended by No. 29 of 2018, s. 43, Applied:10 Dec 2018\]*](/view/html/inforce/2018-12-10/act-2018-029#GS43@EN) commencing on the day on which the registered person first engages in the regulated activity for financial or other material benefit or reward; and > > > > > > > (b) ending when the Registrar notifies the registered person of the Registrar's determination of the application under [section 41A](#GS41A@EN) .