46Additional risk assessments

46 Additional risk assessments

(1)  In this section –

positive additional risk assessment means the determination by the Registrar following an additional risk assessment of a person that the Registrar is satisfied that the person poses no, or poses an acceptable, risk of harm to –

(a) any particular class of vulnerable persons; or

(b) all vulnerable persons generally.

(2)  If the Registrar believes on reasonable grounds that there is new relevant information about a registered person, the Registrar is to –

(a) conduct an additional risk assessment for the registered person taking into account the new relevant information; and

(b) notify the registered person, in writing, that the additional risk assessment is being conducted.

Note

An example of new relevant information is information that a registered person is suspected of having committed, has been charged with or has been convicted or found guilty of a relevant offence.

(3)  If after conducting an additional risk assessment of a registered person the Registrar makes a positive additional risk assessment, the Registrar may do one or more of the following:

(a) leave the person’s registration unchanged;

(b) add a condition to the person’s registration, including a condition preventing or limiting the person's ability to engage in a regulated activity;

(c) amend a condition of the person’s registration;

(d) remove a condition from the person’s registration.

(4)  If the Registrar adds a condition to, or amends a condition of, a registered person's registration under subsection (3)(b) or (c)  –

(a) the Registrar is to proceed under section 36 ; and

(b) sections 36 , and apply as if the additional risk assessment were the registered person's first risk assessment and the Registrar intended to register the person conditionally.