Worker Screening Act 2020
57Application for WWC check by exempt applicant
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57 Application for WWC check by exempt applicant
S. 57(1) amended by No. 58/2025 s. 125(Sch. 2 item 1.80).
(1) The Regulator may consider an application for a WWC check even though the applicant is exempt under this or any other Act from a WWC check.
S. 57(2) amended by No. 58/2025 s. 125(Sch. 2 item 1.80).
(2) Nothing in subsection (1) requires the Regulator to consider an application for a WWC check from an applicant who is exempt under this or any other Act from a WWC check.
S. 57(3) amended by No. 58/2025 s. 125(Sch. 2 item 1.80).
(3) If the Regulator refuses to consider an application on the basis that the person applying is exempt from the requirement to have a WWC check under this or any other Act, the application is to be treated as having been withdrawn.
Division 2—Consideration of applications for WWC checks