59Withdrawal of application for WWC check

59 Withdrawal of application for WWC check

(1) An applicant for a WWC check may withdraw the application at any time before the first of the following to occur—

S. 59(1)(a) amended by No. 58/2025 s. 125(Sch. 2 item 1.86).

(a) the Regulator gives the applicant an interim WWC exclusion under section 66(1)(b);

S. 59(1)(b) amended by No. 58/2025 s. 125(Sch. 2 item 1.86).

(b) the Regulator finally decides the application.

S. 59(2) amended by No. 58/2025 s. 125(Sch. 2 item 1.87).

(2) The Regulator must treat an application as having been withdrawn if the applicant does not provide any information required under section 54(5) or further information required under section 58(3) within the period required under that section.

S. 59(3) amended by No. 58/2025 s. 125(Sch. 2 item 1.87).

(3) Despite subsection (2), the Regulator may, if the information referred to in that subsection is provided after the required period, reinstate the application as if it were an application under section 54.

S. 59(4) amended by No. 58/2025 s. 125(Sch. 2 item 1.88).

(4) If—

S. 59(4)(a) amended by No. 58/2025 s. 125(Sch. 2 item 1.88).

(a) the Regulator is aware that the applicant is a person who—

(ii) is listed with an agency; and

(b) the application is withdrawn or treated as withdrawn or reinstated under this section—

the Regulator, if the Regulator is aware of the identity of that other person or that agency, must notify that other person or that agency of the withdrawal or reinstatement.

Division 3—Determination of applications for WWC checks