Working with Children Check Act 2000
sec.553AEffect of conviction or charge for new serious offence
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sec.553A Effect of conviction or charge for new serious offence
For applying this Act in relation to a person convicted of a new serious offence, it is immaterial as to when the offence was committed or when the person was convicted of the offence. This Act applies in relation to a person who is charged with a new serious offence even if the charge, or the acts or omissions constituting the alleged offence, happened before the commencement. For applying this Act to a current positive notice or current positive exemption notice held by a person immediately before the commencement— a person convicted of a new serious offence before the commencement is taken to have been convicted of the offence on the commencement; and a person the subject of a charge for a new serious offence that has not been dealt with on the commencement is taken to have been charged with the offence on the commencement. s 553A ins 2019 No. 18 s 66 (sec.553A-ssec.1) For applying this Act in relation to a person convicted of a new serious offence, it is immaterial as to when the offence was committed or when the person was convicted of the offence. (sec.553A-ssec.2) This Act applies in relation to a person who is charged with a new serious offence even if the charge, or the acts or omissions constituting the alleged offence, happened before the commencement. (sec.553A-ssec.3) For applying this Act to a current positive notice or current positive exemption notice held by a person immediately before the commencement— a person convicted of a new serious offence before the commencement is taken to have been convicted of the offence on the commencement; and a person the subject of a charge for a new serious offence that has not been dealt with on the commencement is taken to have been charged with the offence on the commencement.
- (a) a person convicted of a new serious offence before the commencement is taken to have been convicted of the offence on the commencement; and
- (b) a person the subject of a charge for a new serious offence that has not been dealt with on the commencement is taken to have been charged with the offence on the commencement.