Working with Children Check Act 2000
sec.176JRestricted person prohibited from starting or continuing in restricted employment
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sec.176J Restricted person prohibited from starting or continuing in restricted employment
A restricted person must not start or continue in restricted employment. Maximum penalty—500 penalty units or 5 years imprisonment. However— if the person is a restricted person because the person holds a negative notice that was issued under chapter 8 , part 5A when the person’s working with children authority was cancelled—a court may not find the person contravened subsection (1) unless the court is satisfied the person was given written notice about the issue of the negative notice; and if the person is a restricted person because the person’s working with children authority is suspended under chapter 8 , part 5A —a court may not find the person contravened subsection (1) unless the court is satisfied the person was given written notice about the suspension. s 176J ins 2019 No. 18 s 17 (sec.176J-ssec.1) A restricted person must not start or continue in restricted employment. Maximum penalty—500 penalty units or 5 years imprisonment. (sec.176J-ssec.2) However— if the person is a restricted person because the person holds a negative notice that was issued under chapter 8 , part 5A when the person’s working with children authority was cancelled—a court may not find the person contravened subsection (1) unless the court is satisfied the person was given written notice about the issue of the negative notice; and if the person is a restricted person because the person’s working with children authority is suspended under chapter 8 , part 5A —a court may not find the person contravened subsection (1) unless the court is satisfied the person was given written notice about the suspension.
- (a) if the person is a restricted person because the person holds a negative notice that was issued under chapter 8 , part 5A when the person’s working with children authority was cancelled—a court may not find the person contravened subsection (1) unless the court is satisfied the person was given written notice about the issue of the negative notice; and
- (b) if the person is a restricted person because the person’s working with children authority is suspended under chapter 8 , part 5A —a court may not find the person contravened subsection (1) unless the court is satisfied the person was given written notice about the suspension.