Working with Children Check Act 2000
sch.1-sec.21Child accommodation services
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sch.1-sec.21 Child accommodation services
A business is a regulated business if— the usual activities of the business include, or are likely to include, a child accommodation service and— the person who carries on the business provides the accommodation that constitutes the child accommodation service in the person’s home; or the person who carries on the business provides the child accommodation service under an arrangement organised by a government entity or a local government; or the business includes providing an overnight camp or excursion for children. For subsection (1) (b) , an overnight camp or excursion is a regulated business regardless of the type of accommodation or how many children are involved. However, a business mentioned in subsection (1) (b) is not a regulated business if— the activities of the business are limited to providing services for the maintenance and repair or ongoing operation of the site at which the service is provided; and the activities of the business are of a nature that does not permit or facilitate contact with children, other than incidental contact. In this section— home , of a person, includes the person’s principal place of residence and any holiday home of the person. sch 1 s 21 (prev sch 1 s 13) ins 2004 No. 49 s 50 (7) renum 2010 No. 5 s 65 (28) amd 2014 No. 28 s 91 sub 2024 No. 50 s 134 (sch.1-sec.21-ssec.1) A business is a regulated business if— the usual activities of the business include, or are likely to include, a child accommodation service and— the person who carries on the business provides the accommodation that constitutes the child accommodation service in the person’s home; or the person who carries on the business provides the child accommodation service under an arrangement organised by a government entity or a local government; or the business includes providing an overnight camp or excursion for children. (sch.1-sec.21-ssec.2) For subsection (1) (b) , an overnight camp or excursion is a regulated business regardless of the type of accommodation or how many children are involved. (sch.1-sec.21-ssec.3) However, a business mentioned in subsection (1) (b) is not a regulated business if— the activities of the business are limited to providing services for the maintenance and repair or ongoing operation of the site at which the service is provided; and the activities of the business are of a nature that does not permit or facilitate contact with children, other than incidental contact. (sch.1-sec.21-ssec.4) In this section— home , of a person, includes the person’s principal place of residence and any holiday home of the person.
- (a) the usual activities of the business include, or are likely to include, a child accommodation service and— (i) the person who carries on the business provides the accommodation that constitutes the child accommodation service in the person’s home; or (ii) the person who carries on the business provides the child accommodation service under an arrangement organised by a government entity or a local government; or