Registration to Work with Vulnerable People Act 2013
53ABPersons may notify Registrar of reportable behaviour
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53AB Persons may notify Registrar of reportable behaviour
[Section 53AB Inserted by No. 13 of 2025, s. 7, Applied:01 Oct 2025]
(1) A person may notify the Registrar of reportable behaviour if the person making the notification –
(a) becomes aware by any means, or suspects on reasonable grounds, that another person has engaged, or may have engaged, in reportable behaviour; and
(b) believes, on reasonable grounds, that the other person –
(i) is a registered person; or
(ii) has applied for registration under this Act.
(2) A notification under subsection (1) in respect of reportable behaviour is to include, as far as it is known by the person making the notification –
(a) the name of, and any other identifying particulars of, the person who engaged, or may have engaged, in the behaviour; and
(b) details of the alleged reportable behaviour.
(3) For the avoidance of doubt, a person may make a notification under subsection (1) in respect of reportable behaviour that occurred, or that the person was aware of, before the commencement of this Act.