Working with Children Check Act 2000
sec.502Notice not given by prosecuting authority at the commencement
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sec.502 Notice not given by prosecuting authority at the commencement
This section applies if— before the commencement, a staff member is charged with an indictable offence; and at the commencement, the police commissioner or director of public prosecutions (a prosecuting authority ) has not given information about the charge to the commissioner as required by section 137 of the unamended Act. Despite section 137 of the unamended Act, the prosecuting authority is no longer required to give the information. s 502 ins 2010 No. 5 s 64 (sec.502-ssec.1) This section applies if— before the commencement, a staff member is charged with an indictable offence; and at the commencement, the police commissioner or director of public prosecutions (a prosecuting authority ) has not given information about the charge to the commissioner as required by section 137 of the unamended Act. (sec.502-ssec.2) Despite section 137 of the unamended Act, the prosecuting authority is no longer required to give the information.
- (a) before the commencement, a staff member is charged with an indictable offence; and
- (b) at the commencement, the police commissioner or director of public prosecutions (a prosecuting authority ) has not given information about the charge to the commissioner as required by section 137 of the unamended Act.