Working with Children Check Act 2000
sec.304GApplication to cancel negative notice
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sec.304G Application to cancel negative notice
This section applies to a person who— holds a negative notice; and is not a disqualified person; and is not the subject of an adverse interstate WWC decision that is in effect. The person may apply to the chief executive to cancel the negative notice if— the application is made more than 3 years after the notice was issued; or the decision to issue the notice was based on wrong or incomplete information; or the negative notice was issued because the person was a disqualified person and the person is no longer a disqualified person. Subsection (4) applies if the person— applied to the chief executive to cancel the negative notice and that application has been refused; and applied under part 7 , division 3 for review of that decision and QCAT confirmed the decision. Despite subsection (2) (a) , the person may only apply to the chief executive to cancel the negative notice if the application is made more than 3 years after the date QCAT confirmed the decision. s 304G ins 2019 No. 18 s 48 amd 2022 No. 7 s 117 ; 2024 No. 50 s 73 (sec.304G-ssec.1) This section applies to a person who— holds a negative notice; and is not a disqualified person; and is not the subject of an adverse interstate WWC decision that is in effect. (sec.304G-ssec.2) The person may apply to the chief executive to cancel the negative notice if— the application is made more than 3 years after the notice was issued; or the decision to issue the notice was based on wrong or incomplete information; or the negative notice was issued because the person was a disqualified person and the person is no longer a disqualified person. (sec.304G-ssec.3) Subsection (4) applies if the person— applied to the chief executive to cancel the negative notice and that application has been refused; and applied under part 7 , division 3 for review of that decision and QCAT confirmed the decision. (sec.304G-ssec.4) Despite subsection (2) (a) , the person may only apply to the chief executive to cancel the negative notice if the application is made more than 3 years after the date QCAT confirmed the decision.
- (a) holds a negative notice; and
- (b) is not a disqualified person; and
- (c) is not the subject of an adverse interstate WWC decision that is in effect.
- (a) the application is made more than 3 years after the notice was issued; or
- (b) the decision to issue the notice was based on wrong or incomplete information; or
- (c) the negative notice was issued because the person was a disqualified person and the person is no longer a disqualified person.
- (a) applied to the chief executive to cancel the negative notice and that application has been refused; and
- (b) applied under part 7 , division 3 for review of that decision and QCAT confirmed the decision.