Worker Screening Act 2020
61Determination of WWC category A application
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61 Determination of WWC category A application
S. 61(1) amended by No. 58/2025 s. 125(Sch. 2 item 1.89).
(1) Subject to this section, the Regulator must refuse to give a WWC clearance on a WWC category A application.
S. 61(2) amended by No. 58/2025 s. 125(Sch. 2 item 1.90).
(2) Despite subsection (1), the Regulator may give a WWC clearance on a WWC category A application if—
(a) the application is in respect of a person who has at any time been given a WWC clearance because of an order made by VCAT—
(i) under section 106(8); or
(ii) under an equivalent provision of the Working with Children Act 2005 before the repeal of that Act; and
S. 61(2)(b) amended by No. 20/2025 s. 16.
(b) a relevant change in circumstances (within the meaning of section 72) has not occurred with respect to the person; and
S. 61(2)(c) amended by No. 58/2025 s. 125(Sch. 2 item 1.90).
(c) the Regulator is satisfied that exceptional circumstances do not exist with respect to the person that justify the refusal of the WWC clearance.