Registration to Work with Vulnerable People Act 2013
48AOffence for employer to fail to notify change of employee or volunteer engagement
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48A Offence for employer to fail to notify change of employee or volunteer engagement
[Section 48A Inserted by No. 18 of 2019, s. 31, Applied:01 Feb 2021]
(1) An employer must, within 10 working days after an employee or volunteer commences or ceases to be engaged in a regulated activity for that employer, notify the Registrar, in writing, of the commencement or cessation, as the case may be.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.
(2) It is sufficient compliance with subsection (1) if the employer provides notification of the commencement or cessation –
(a) if –
(i) a form is approved under section 59 for this notification, in that form; or
(ii) a form is not approved under section 59 for this notification, in writing; and
(b) by providing it to the Registrar –
(i) directly, in a manner approved by the Registrar; or
(ii) by lodging it with that part of the responsible Department in relation to the State Service Act 2000 known as Service Tasmania.