Working with Children Check Act 2000
sec.246IPersons to be notified of decision
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sec.246I Persons to be notified of decision
The chief executive must give each notifiable person for the person a written notice stating the person was issued— a working with children clearance; or a working with children exemption; or a negative notice. If the person is issued a negative notice on the basis the person is or was a disqualified person and a notice about the person is given to the chief executive (child safety) under subsection (1) , the notice must also state the provision of this part under which the negative notice was issued. See sections 228 and 229 for circumstances in which a negative notice is issued to a person on the basis the person is or was a disqualified person. The chief executive may also give a potential employer for the person a notice mentioned in subsection (1) . s 246I ins 2024 No. 50 s 56 (sec.246I-ssec.1) The chief executive must give each notifiable person for the person a written notice stating the person was issued— a working with children clearance; or a working with children exemption; or a negative notice. (sec.246I-ssec.2) If the person is issued a negative notice on the basis the person is or was a disqualified person and a notice about the person is given to the chief executive (child safety) under subsection (1) , the notice must also state the provision of this part under which the negative notice was issued. See sections 228 and 229 for circumstances in which a negative notice is issued to a person on the basis the person is or was a disqualified person. (sec.246I-ssec.3) The chief executive may also give a potential employer for the person a notice mentioned in subsection (1) .
- (a) a working with children clearance; or
- (b) a working with children exemption; or
- (c) a negative notice.