Working with Children Check Act 2000
sec.176CExemption required to employ police officer or registered teacher in regulated employment
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sec.176C Exemption required to employ police officer or registered teacher in regulated employment
A person (the employer ) must not employ, or continue to employ, a police officer or registered teacher (the employee ) in regulated employment unless— either— the employee holds a working with children authority; or the employee has made a working with children check (exemption) application and the application has not been decided or withdrawn; and the employer has given the chief executive a notice, under section 173 , about employing the employee in regulated employment. Maximum penalty— if an aggravating circumstance applies to the offence—200 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment; or otherwise—100 penalty units. It is an aggravating circumstance for an offence against subsection (1) if— the employee holds a negative notice and the employer knows, or ought reasonably to know, the employee holds the negative notice; or the chief executive has given the employer a notice under chapter 8 , part 5A that states the employee’s working with children authority has been cancelled; or the chief executive has given the employer a withdrawal notice for a working with children check application made by the person because section 199 applies; or the employee holds a disability exclusion or interstate NDIS exclusion and the employer knows, or ought reasonably to know, the employee holds the disability exclusion or interstate NDIS exclusion; or an adverse interstate WWC decision made about the employee is in effect and the employer knows, or ought reasonably to know, the decision is in effect. s 176C ins 2019 No. 18 s 17 amd 2020 No. 39 s 33 ; 2022 No. 7 s 98 (sec.176C-ssec.1) A person (the employer ) must not employ, or continue to employ, a police officer or registered teacher (the employee ) in regulated employment unless— either— the employee holds a working with children authority; or the employee has made a working with children check (exemption) application and the application has not been decided or withdrawn; and the employer has given the chief executive a notice, under section 173 , about employing the employee in regulated employment. Maximum penalty— if an aggravating circumstance applies to the offence—200 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment; or otherwise—100 penalty units. (sec.176C-ssec.2) It is an aggravating circumstance for an offence against subsection (1) if— the employee holds a negative notice and the employer knows, or ought reasonably to know, the employee holds the negative notice; or the chief executive has given the employer a notice under chapter 8 , part 5A that states the employee’s working with children authority has been cancelled; or the chief executive has given the employer a withdrawal notice for a working with children check application made by the person because section 199 applies; or the employee holds a disability exclusion or interstate NDIS exclusion and the employer knows, or ought reasonably to know, the employee holds the disability exclusion or interstate NDIS exclusion; or an adverse interstate WWC decision made about the employee is in effect and the employer knows, or ought reasonably to know, the decision is in effect.