18AUnregistered person may engage in regulated activity in special circumstances

### 18A Unregistered person may engage in regulated activity in special circumstances > [*\[Section 18A Inserted by No. 46 of 2015, s. 10, Applied:27 Nov 2015\]*](/view/html/inforce/2015-11-27/act-2015-046#GS10@EN) > > > (1)  In this section –[*\[Section 18A Subsection (1) amended by No. 7 of 2025, s. 222, Applied:01 Jul 2025\]*](/view/html/inforce/2025-07-01/act-2025-007#GS222@Hpa@EN) > > > > > [*\[Section 18A Subsection (1) amended by No. 18 of 2019, s. 16, Applied:01 Feb 2021\]*](/view/html/inforce/2021-02-01/act-2019-018#GS16@Hpa@EN) ***relevant regulated activity*** means a regulated activity that is prescribed by the regulations to be a relevant regulated activity, in relation to a class of vulnerable persons, for the purposes of this section; > > > > > ***special circumstances***, in relation to a relevant regulated activity, means circumstances that are prescribed by the regulations to be special circumstances in relation to that relevant regulated activity. > > > (2)  [*\[Section 18A Subsection (2) amended by No. 18 of 2019, s. 16, Applied:01 Feb 2021\]*](/view/html/inforce/2021-02-01/act-2019-018#GS16@Hpb@EN) A person may engage in, in relation to a class of vulnerable persons, a relevant regulated activity for which he or she is required to be registered if special circumstances exist – > > > > > > (a) for a period not exceeding 7 continuous days (including the day on which the person first engages in the relevant regulated activity); or > > > > > > > (b) [*\[Section 18A Subsection (2) amended by No. 18 of 2019, s. 16, Applied:01 Feb 2021\]*](/view/html/inforce/2021-02-01/act-2019-018#GS16@Hpc@EN) if the person applies for registration within 7 days after first engaging, in relation to a class of vulnerable persons, in the relevant regulated activity, for the period commencing on the day on which the person first engages in that activity and ending – > > > > > > > > > > (i) if the Registrar registers the person, when that registration takes effect; or > > > > > > > > > > > (ii) [*\[Section 18A Subsection (2) amended by No. 7 of 2025, s. 222, Applied:01 Jul 2025\]*](/view/html/inforce/2025-07-01/act-2025-007#GS222@Hpb@EN) if the Registrar refuses to register the person and the person does not apply for a review of the decision within the period specified in [section 74A(1) of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2020-024#GS74A@Gs1@EN) [Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2020](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2020-024) , on the expiration of the prescribed period; or > > > > > > > > > > > (iii) [*\[Section 18A Subsection (2) amended by No. 7 of 2025, s. 222, Applied:01 Jul 2025\]*](/view/html/inforce/2025-07-01/act-2025-007#GS222@Hpc@EN) if the Registrar refuses to register the person and the person applies for a review of the decision under the [Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2020](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2020-024) , when the review is determined by the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal or, if that determination is that the application for registration is remitted to the Registrar for further determination, when the Registrar on further determination either registers the person or notifies the person that registration is refused. > > > (3)  [*\[Section 18A Subsection (3) amended by No. 18 of 2019, s. 16, Applied:01 Feb 2021\]*](/view/html/inforce/2021-02-01/act-2019-018#GS16@Hpe@EN) [*\[Section 18A Subsection (3) amended by No. 18 of 2019, s. 16, Applied:01 Feb 2021\]*](/view/html/inforce/2021-02-01/act-2019-018#GS16@Hpd@EN) For the purpose of determining the number of days for which a person is engaged, in relation to a member of a class of vulnerable persons, in a relevant regulated activity, any engagement, in relation to a member of the class of vulnerable persons, 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 for the whole of that particular day.