sec.233Reasonable person test

sec.233 Reasonable person test

The chief executive may decide a person does not pose a risk to the safety of children only if the chief executive is satisfied that a reasonable person would allow their child to have direct contact with the person— whether supervised or unsupervised by another person; and while the person is engaged in regulated employment or carries on a regulated business. In this section— direct contact means contact between a person and a child that involves 1 or more of the following— physical contact; face to face contact; contact by post or other written communication; contact by telephone or other oral communication; contact by email or other electronic communication. s 233 ins 2010 No. 5 s 58 amd 2014 No. 28 ss 55 , 56 ; 2019 No. 18 s 86 (1) sch 1 sub 2024 No. 50 s 56 (sec.233-ssec.1) The chief executive may decide a person does not pose a risk to the safety of children only if the chief executive is satisfied that a reasonable person would allow their child to have direct contact with the person— whether supervised or unsupervised by another person; and while the person is engaged in regulated employment or carries on a regulated business. (sec.233-ssec.2) In this section— direct contact means contact between a person and a child that involves 1 or more of the following— physical contact; face to face contact; contact by post or other written communication; contact by telephone or other oral communication; contact by email or other electronic communication.

• (a) whether supervised or unsupervised by another person; and
• (b) while the person is engaged in regulated employment or carries on a regulated business.
• (a) physical contact;
• (b) face to face contact;
• (c) contact by post or other written communication;
• (d) contact by telephone or other oral communication;
• (e) contact by email or other electronic communication.