sec.222Additional requirements for working with children check (exemption) application

sec.222 Additional requirements for working with children check (exemption) application

This section applies in relation to a working with children check (exemption) application made by a person. Before deciding the application, the chief executive must ask for information about the person— if the person claims to be a police officer—from the police commissioner; or if the person claims to be a registered teacher—from the college of teachers. For subsection (2) , the chief executive’s request may include identifying information for the person. The police commissioner or the college of teachers must comply with the request. For the purposes of the application— a person is a police officer only if the police commissioner has advised the chief executive that the person is a police officer under this section; and a person is a registered teacher only if the college of teachers has advised the chief executive that the person is a registered teacher under this section. The chief executive may decide the application under subdivision 3 only if the person is a police officer or a registered teacher. s 222 ins 2010 No. 5 s 58 amd 2014 No. 28 s 55 ; 2019 No. 18 s 86 (1) sch 1 sub 2024 No. 50 s 56 (sec.222-ssec.1) This section applies in relation to a working with children check (exemption) application made by a person. (sec.222-ssec.2) Before deciding the application, the chief executive must ask for information about the person— if the person claims to be a police officer—from the police commissioner; or if the person claims to be a registered teacher—from the college of teachers. (sec.222-ssec.3) For subsection (2) , the chief executive’s request may include identifying information for the person. (sec.222-ssec.4) The police commissioner or the college of teachers must comply with the request. (sec.222-ssec.5) For the purposes of the application— a person is a police officer only if the police commissioner has advised the chief executive that the person is a police officer under this section; and a person is a registered teacher only if the college of teachers has advised the chief executive that the person is a registered teacher under this section. (sec.222-ssec.6) The chief executive may decide the application under subdivision 3 only if the person is a police officer or a registered teacher.

• (a) if the person claims to be a police officer—from the police commissioner; or
• (b) if the person claims to be a registered teacher—from the college of teachers.
• (a) a person is a police officer only if the police commissioner has advised the chief executive that the person is a police officer under this section; and
• (b) a person is a registered teacher only if the college of teachers has advised the chief executive that the person is a registered teacher under this section.