Working with Children Check Act 2000
sec.303Cancelling authority if disqualified person
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sec.303 Cancelling authority if disqualified person
This section applies— if a person who holds a working with children authority becomes a disqualified person; and whether or not the person’s authority is suspended under section 296 . Also, this section applies if— the chief executive becomes aware that a person who holds a working with children authority was convicted of a disqualifying offence prior to the issue of the authority; and the chief executive was not aware of the person’s conviction for the disqualifying offence at the time the authority was issued. The chief executive must cancel the working with children authority. s 303 prev s 303 ins 2010 No. 5 s 58 amd 2014 No. 28 s 55 om 2019 No. 18 s 47 pres s 303 ins 2019 No. 18 s 48 amd 2024 No. 50 s 66 (sec.303-ssec.1) This section applies— if a person who holds a working with children authority becomes a disqualified person; and whether or not the person’s authority is suspended under section 296 . (sec.303-ssec.2) Also, this section applies if— the chief executive becomes aware that a person who holds a working with children authority was convicted of a disqualifying offence prior to the issue of the authority; and the chief executive was not aware of the person’s conviction for the disqualifying offence at the time the authority was issued. (sec.303-ssec.3) The chief executive must cancel the working with children authority.
- (a) if a person who holds a working with children authority becomes a disqualified person; and
- (b) whether or not the person’s authority is suspended under section 296 .
- (a) the chief executive becomes aware that a person who holds a working with children authority was convicted of a disqualifying offence prior to the issue of the authority; and
- (b) the chief executive was not aware of the person’s conviction for the disqualifying offence at the time the authority was issued.