Working with Children Check Act 2000
sec.554Effect of conviction or charge for new disqualifying offence
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sec.554 Effect of conviction or charge for new disqualifying offence
For applying section 169(1)(a) or 170(a) in relation to a person convicted of a new disqualifying 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 disqualifying 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 the subject of a charge for a new disqualifying offence that has not been dealt with on the commencement is taken to have been charged with the offence on the commencement. s 554 ins 2019 No. 18 s 66 (sec.554-ssec.1) For applying section 169(1)(a) or 170(a) in relation to a person convicted of a new disqualifying offence, it is immaterial as to when the offence was committed or when the person was convicted of the offence. (sec.554-ssec.2) This Act applies in relation to a person who is charged with a new disqualifying offence even if the charge, or the acts or omissions constituting the alleged offence, happened before the commencement. (sec.554-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 the subject of a charge for a new disqualifying offence that has not been dealt with on the commencement is taken to have been charged with the offence on the commencement.