Working with Children Check Act 2000
sec.511Existing eligibility application
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sec.511 Existing eligibility application
This section applies if— before the commencement a person had made an eligibility application to the commissioner under section 178; and immediately before the commencement the person’s eligibility application had not been decided or withdrawn. At the commencement the commissioner must decide the application under the amended Act. The commissioner may issue an eligibility declaration to a person if the person has been convicted of a disqualifying offence and is not a relevant disqualified person. See section 180(1). s 511 ins 2013 No. 14 s 4 (sec.511-ssec.1) This section applies if— before the commencement a person had made an eligibility application to the commissioner under section 178; and immediately before the commencement the person’s eligibility application had not been decided or withdrawn. (sec.511-ssec.2) At the commencement the commissioner must decide the application under the amended Act. The commissioner may issue an eligibility declaration to a person if the person has been convicted of a disqualifying offence and is not a relevant disqualified person. See section 180(1).
- (a) before the commencement a person had made an eligibility application to the commissioner under section 178; and
- (b) immediately before the commencement the person’s eligibility application had not been decided or withdrawn.