Working with Children Check Act 2000
sec.297Notifiable persons and potential employers notified about suspension
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sec.297 Notifiable persons and potential employers notified about suspension
The chief executive must give each notifiable person for the person a written notice that states— the person’s working with children authority is suspended; and how long the suspension will continue; and the effect of the suspension; and it is an offence for an employer to allow the person to perform work that is regulated employment or restricted employment while the authority is suspended; and the person’s employer must not terminate the person’s employment solely or mainly because the authority is suspended. See also sections 342 and 343 for the chief executive’s obligation to notify other persons about the suspension of a person’s working with children authority. Also, the chief executive may give a notice mentioned in subsection (1) to a potential employer of the person. s 297 prev s 297 ins 2010 No. 5 s 58 amd 2014 No. 28 s 55 om 2019 No. 18 s 47 pres s 297 ins 2019 No. 18 s 48 amd 2020 No. 39 s 70 sch 1 ; 2024 No. 50 s 60 (sec.297-ssec.1) The chief executive must give each notifiable person for the person a written notice that states— the person’s working with children authority is suspended; and how long the suspension will continue; and the effect of the suspension; and it is an offence for an employer to allow the person to perform work that is regulated employment or restricted employment while the authority is suspended; and the person’s employer must not terminate the person’s employment solely or mainly because the authority is suspended. See also sections 342 and 343 for the chief executive’s obligation to notify other persons about the suspension of a person’s working with children authority. (sec.297-ssec.2) Also, the chief executive may give a notice mentioned in subsection (1) to a potential employer of the person.
- (a) the person’s working with children authority is suspended; and
- (b) how long the suspension will continue; and
- (c) the effect of the suspension; and
- (d) it is an offence for an employer to allow the person to perform work that is regulated employment or restricted employment while the authority is suspended; and
- (e) the person’s employer must not terminate the person’s employment solely or mainly because the authority is suspended.