Worker Screening Act 2020
62WWC category B applications
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62 WWC category B applications
(1) An application for a WWC check is a WWC category B application if it is in respect of a person—
(a) who is charged with or has at any time been convicted or found guilty of a WWC category B offence specified in clause 2, 8, 9, 15 or 22 of Schedule 4 if the conduct constituting or alleged to constitute that offence occurred when the person was an adult; or
(b) who is charged with or has at any time been convicted or found guilty of a WWC category B offence other than an offence specified in clause 2, 8, 9, 15 or 22 of Schedule 4; or
S. 62(1)(c) amended by No. 33/2025 s. 5(1).
(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 a child.
S. 62(1)(d) repealed by No. 33/2025 s. 5(2).
(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.