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]

(1)  In this section –[Section 18A Subsection (1) amended by No. 7 of 2025, s. 222, Applied:01 Jul 2025]

[Section 18A Subsection (1) amended by No. 18 of 2019, s. 16, Applied:01 Feb 2021] 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] 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] 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] 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 , on the expiration of the prescribed period; or