Section 17 - Registration to Work with Vulnerable People Act 2013 - Offence for employer to engage unregistered person in regulated activity

17Offence for employer to engage unregistered person in regulated activity

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### 17 Offence for employer to engage unregistered person in regulated activity > > (1) An employer must not engage a person, or require a person to be engaged, in a regulated activity for the first time if the person – > > > > > > (a) is required to be registered to engage in the activity; and > > > > > > > (b) is not so registered with a registration allowing that engagement. > > > > Penalty: Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units. > > > (2) [*\[Section 17 Subsection (2) amended by No. 18 of 2019, s. 14, Applied:01 Feb 2021\]*](/view/html/inforce/2021-02-01/act-2019-018#GS14@Hpd@EN) [*\[Section 17 Subsection (2) amended by No. 18 of 2019, s. 14, Applied:01 Feb 2021\]*](/view/html/inforce/2021-02-01/act-2019-018#GS14@Hpc@EN) [*\[Section 17 Subsection (2) amended by No. 18 of 2019, s. 14, Applied:01 Feb 2021\]*](/view/html/inforce/2021-02-01/act-2019-018#GS14@Hpb@EN) [*\[Section 17 Subsection (2) amended by No. 18 of 2019, s. 14, Applied:01 Feb 2021\]*](/view/html/inforce/2021-02-01/act-2019-018#GS14@Hpa@EN) If a person is required to be registered to engage in a regulated activity in relation to a class of vulnerable persons and is not so registered with a registration in a category of registration allowing that engagement in relation to the class of vulnerable persons, the employer of the person must not engage the person, or require the person to be engaged, in the regulated activity in relation to a class of vulnerable persons, knowing, or with reckless disregard as to whether or not – > > > > > > (a) the employer is engaging the person in a regulated activity; or > > > > > > > (b) [*\[Section 17 Subsection (2) amended by No. 18 of 2019, s. 14, Applied:01 Feb 2021\]*](/view/html/inforce/2021-02-01/act-2019-018#GS14@Hpe@EN) the person is not so registered with a registration allowing that engagement in relation to that class of vulnerable persons. > > > > Penalty: Fine not exceeding 200 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or both. > > > (3) This section does not apply to an employer if an unregistered person engages in a regulated activity for the employer under [section 18](#GS18@EN) .