Worker Screening Act 2020
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60 WWC category A applications
(1) An application for a WWC check is a WWC category A application if it is in respect of a person—
S. 60(1)(a) amended by No. 28/2025 s. 48.
(a) who is subject to reporting obligations imposed on the person by the Sex Offenders Registration Act 2004; or
(b) who is subject to a supervision order, a detention order or an emergency detention order; or
(c) who is charged with or has at any time been convicted or found guilty of a WWC category A offence specified in clause 1 or 2 of Schedule 2 if the conduct constituting or alleged to constitute that offence occurred when the person was an adult; or
(d) who is charged with or has at any time been convicted or found guilty of a WWC category A offence other than an offence specified in clause 1 or 2 of Schedule 2; or
S. 60(1)(e) amended by No. 33/2025 s. 4.
(e) who has been excluded from child-related work under a corresponding working with children law.
(2) For the purposes of this section, if the conduct constituting or alleged to constitute an offence occurs between 2 dates, one on which the person was a child and one on which the person was an adult, that conduct occurs when the person was an adult.