46ARequiring information – registered person

46A Requiring information – registered person

[Section 46A Inserted by No. 18 of 2019, s. 30, Applied:01 Feb 2021]

(1)  The Registrar may, by notice in writing to a registered person, require the registered person to provide information or documents that the Registrar considers he or she needs, for the purposes of –

(a) conducting an additional risk assessment in relation to the registered person; or

(b) determining whether or not the registered person has engaged in reportable behaviour and whether or not the person poses a risk to a vulnerable person in light of that behaviour.

(2)  A requirement under subsection (1) may specify a period of not less than 15 working days within which the registered person is to provide the additional information or additional documents.

(3)  For the purposes of subsection (1)  –

(a) the additional information or additional documents that may be required under that subsection include, but are not limited to, references or medical reports in relation to the registered person, and

(b) a requirement may relate to additional information or additional documents that do not exist at the time at which the requirement is made.

(4)  If a registered person does not comply with a requirement under subsection (1) , the Registrar may determine to cancel the registered person's registration.

(5)  If the Registrar determines to cancel a registered person's registration under subsection (4) , the Registrar is to provide, in accordance with section 50 , notice in writing of the intention to cancel the person's registration and, if appropriate, is to cancel, in accordance with section 51 , the person's registration.