Working with Children Check Act 2000
sec.342Chief executive must give information about particular persons to accreditation board
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sec.342 Chief executive must give information about particular persons to accreditation board
The chief executive must, if asked in writing by the chairperson of the accreditation board, give the accreditation board the following information about a prescribed person— whether the person holds a working with children authority or a negative notice; whether the person has made a working with children check application. For subsection (1) , the chairperson’s request must include the following information— the prescribed person’s name and any other name that the college believes the person may use or may have used; the prescribed person’s gender and date and place of birth; the prescribed person’s address; any number or date given by the prescribed person about a working with children authority the person holds or claims to hold; if the prescribed person is a director of a school’s governing body—the name of the school’s governing body of which the person is a director. The chief executive must give the accreditation board a notice about each of the following events that happen— a prescribed person is issued a negative notice; a prescribed person’s working with children authority— is suspended under section 296 ; or is cancelled under section 301 or 304E ; the suspension of a prescribed person’s working with children authority ends under section 302 ; the term of a prescribed person’s working with children authority ends; a prescribed person’s working with children check application is withdrawn. Also, if a prescribed person who holds a negative notice makes a working with children check application, the chief executive must give the accreditation board a notice that states that the application has no effect. See section 193 . In this section— chairperson see the Education (Accreditation of Non-State Schools) Act 2017 , schedule 1 . prescribed person means— a director of a school’s governing body; or an authorised person under the Education (Accreditation of Non-State Schools) Act 2017 . s 342 ins 2010 No. 5 s 58 amd 2014 No. 28 ss 55 , 56 sub 2017 No. 24 s 268 amd 2019 No. 18 s 86 (1) sch 1 (sec.342-ssec.1) The chief executive must, if asked in writing by the chairperson of the accreditation board, give the accreditation board the following information about a prescribed person— whether the person holds a working with children authority or a negative notice; whether the person has made a working with children check application. (sec.342-ssec.2) For subsection (1) , the chairperson’s request must include the following information— the prescribed person’s name and any other name that the college believes the person may use or may have used; the prescribed person’s gender and date and place of birth; the prescribed person’s address; any number or date given by the prescribed person about a working with children authority the person holds or claims to hold; if the prescribed person is a director of a school’s governing body—the name of the school’s governing body of which the person is a director. (sec.342-ssec.3) The chief executive must give the accreditation board a notice about each of the following events that happen— a prescribed person is issued a negative notice; a prescribed person’s working with children authority— is suspended under section 296 ; or is cancelled under section 301 or 304E ; the suspension of a prescribed person’s working with children authority ends under section 302 ; the term of a prescribed person’s working with children authority ends; a prescribed person’s working with children check application is withdrawn. (sec.342-ssec.4) Also, if a prescribed person who holds a negative notice makes a working with children check application, the chief executive must give the accreditation board a notice that states that the application has no effect. See section 193 . (sec.342-ssec.5) In this section— chairperson see the Education (Accreditation of Non-State Schools) Act 2017 , schedule 1 . prescribed person means— a director of a school’s governing body; or an authorised person under the Education (Accreditation of Non-State Schools) Act 2017 .