Registration to Work with Vulnerable People Act 2013
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Registration to Work with Vulnerable People Act 2013
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[Section 16A Inserted by No. 46 of 2015, s. 39, Applied:01 Apr 2016]
(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) does not apply for the period –
(a) [Section 16A Subsection (2) amended by No. 29 of 2018, s. 43, Applied:10 Dec 2018] 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 .