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Registration to Work with Vulnerable People Act 2013
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### 33 Registration
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> > > ***positive risk assessment*** means the determination by the Registrar following a risk assessment of a person that the Registrar is satisfied that the person poses no, or poses an acceptable, risk of harm to –
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> > > > > (a) any particular class of vulnerable persons; or
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> > > > > (b) all vulnerable persons generally.
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> > (2) [*\[Section 33 Subsection (2) substituted by No. 46 of 2015, s. 20, Applied:27 Nov 2015\]*](/view/html/inforce/2015-11-27/act-2015-046#GS20@EN) If the Registrar makes a positive risk assessment of a person, the Registrar –
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> > > > (a) is to register the person –
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> > > > > > (i) [*\[Section 33 Subsection (2) amended by No. 18 of 2019, s. 24, Applied:01 Feb 2021\]*](/view/html/inforce/2021-02-01/act-2019-018#GS24@EN) in a category of registration; and
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> > > > > > (ii) [*\[Section 33 Subsection (2) amended by No. 29 of 2018, s. 45, Applied:10 Dec 2018\]*](/view/html/inforce/2018-12-10/act-2018-029#GS45@Hpa@EN) either in the class of employee/volunteer or the class of volunteer; and
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> > > > (b) is to notify the person, in writing, of the positive risk assessment and that the person has been so registered; and
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> > > > (c) may notify any named employer, in writing, that the person has been registered.
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> > (2A) [*\[Section 33 Subsection (2A) inserted by No. 46 of 2015, s. 20, Applied:27 Nov 2015\]*](/view/html/inforce/2015-11-27/act-2015-046#GS20@EN) The Registrar is to register the person –
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> > > > (a) [*\[Section 33 Subsection (2A) amended by No. 29 of 2018, s. 45, Applied:10 Dec 2018\]*](/view/html/inforce/2018-12-10/act-2018-029#GS45@Hpb@EN) in the class of employee/volunteer if the person engages, or intends to engage, in any regulated activity that he or she is registered to engage in for financial or other material benefit or advantage, whether or not he or she also engages, or intends to engage, in any other such regulated activity as a volunteer; or
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> > > > (b) in the class of volunteer if the person engages, or intends to engage, in the regulated activities he or she is registered to engage in only as a volunteer.
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> > (3) In and on registering a person, the Registrar is to comply with any relevant risk assessment order.