Working with Children Check Act 2000
sec.310Application of division
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sec.310 Application of division
This division applies to a person if— the person holds a working with children authority; or the person has made a working with children check application that has not been decided or withdrawn; or all of the following apply— the person has purported to make a working with children check application; the application has not been properly made, including, for example, because the application was not accompanied by the prescribed fee for the application; the application, as made, contains sufficient information for the chief executive to establish the person’s identity with certainty; or the person has applied, under section 300A , to the chief executive to decide whether or not to cancel the person’s working with children authority that is suspended and the application has not been decided; or the person has applied, under section 304G , to the chief executive to cancel the person’s negative notice; or for a person who holds a negative notice— the person has made an application under section 309 (3) or 354 that has not been decided; or an appeal to an entity has been made in relation to an application under section 309 (3) or 354 and the appeal has not been decided. s 310 ins 2010 No. 5 s 58 amd 2014 No. 28 s 55 sub 2019 No. 18 s 49 amd 2024 No. 50 s 80
- (a) the person holds a working with children authority; or
- (b) the person has made a working with children check application that has not been decided or withdrawn; or
- (c) all of the following apply— (i) the person has purported to make a working with children check application; (ii) the application has not been properly made, including, for example, because the application was not accompanied by the prescribed fee for the application; (iii) the application, as made, contains sufficient information for the chief executive to establish the person’s identity with certainty; or
- (i) the person has purported to make a working with children check application;
- (ii) the application has not been properly made, including, for example, because the application was not accompanied by the prescribed fee for the application;
- (iii) the application, as made, contains sufficient information for the chief executive to establish the person’s identity with certainty; or
- (d) the person has applied, under section 300A , to the chief executive to decide whether or not to cancel the person’s working with children authority that is suspended and the application has not been decided; or
- (e) the person has applied, under section 304G , to the chief executive to cancel the person’s negative notice; or
- (h) for a person who holds a negative notice— (i) the person has made an application under section 309 (3) or 354 that has not been decided; or (ii) an appeal to an entity has been made in relation to an application under section 309 (3) or 354 and the appeal has not been decided.