Worker Screening Act 2020
86WWC category C re‑assessments
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86 WWC category C re‑assessments
S. 86(1) amended by No. 58/2025 s. 125(Sch. 2 item 1.125).
(1) A re‑assessment is a WWC category C re‑assessment if the Regulator is required to re‑assess a person's eligibility to hold a WWC clearance because the Regulator is notified that—
(a) the person has become subject to a relevant disciplinary or regulatory finding; or
(b) the person has been charged with or 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 a child; or
(c) the person has been charged with, convicted or found guilty of an offence other than a WWC category A offence or a WWC category B offence; or
(d) the person has been charged with an offence specified in clause 2 of Schedule 5 and the charge has been finally dealt with other than by way of a conviction or a finding of guilt.
S. 86(2) amended by No. 58/2025 s. 125(Sch. 2 item 1.125).
(2) A re‑assessment is a WWC category C re‑assessment if the Regulator is required to re‑assess the person's eligibility to hold a WWC clearance because the Regulator becomes aware that the person has been given an NDIS exclusion on an NDIS category C application or an NDIS category C re‑assessment.
(3) 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.