Working with Children Check Act 2000
sec.609Application to cancel negative notice not decided
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sec.609 Application to cancel negative notice not decided
This section applies if— before the commencement of new section 304G, an application to cancel a negative notice had been made but not decided or withdrawn; and the application was made more than 2 years after the negative notice was issued; and the person who made the application is not a disqualified person. See section 608 in relation to an application to cancel a negative notice made by a disqualified person. The application to cancel the person’s negative notice must be decided under new chapter 8, part 4, division 9. Subject to subsection (4), anything done in relation to the application under former chapter 8, part 4, division 9 or former chapter 8, part 5, division 8 is taken to have been done in relation to the application under new chapter 8, part 4, division 9. If the chief executive invited submissions from a person under former section 229 and the person made submissions to the chief executive, whether before or after the commencement, the chief executive may either— give the person a written notice under new section 235 and consider any submissions made by the person under that section; or cancel the person’s negative notice. s 609 ins 2024 No. 50 s 120 amd 2025 No. 20 s 19 (sec.609-ssec.1) This section applies if— before the commencement of new section 304G, an application to cancel a negative notice had been made but not decided or withdrawn; and the application was made more than 2 years after the negative notice was issued; and the person who made the application is not a disqualified person. See section 608 in relation to an application to cancel a negative notice made by a disqualified person. (sec.609-ssec.2) The application to cancel the person’s negative notice must be decided under new chapter 8, part 4, division 9. (sec.609-ssec.3) Subject to subsection (4), anything done in relation to the application under former chapter 8, part 4, division 9 or former chapter 8, part 5, division 8 is taken to have been done in relation to the application under new chapter 8, part 4, division 9. (sec.609-ssec.4) If the chief executive invited submissions from a person under former section 229 and the person made submissions to the chief executive, whether before or after the commencement, the chief executive may either— give the person a written notice under new section 235 and consider any submissions made by the person under that section; or cancel the person’s negative notice. s 609 ins 2024 No. 50 s 120 amd 2025 No. 20 s 19
- (a) before the commencement of new section 304G, an application to cancel a negative notice had been made but not decided or withdrawn; and
- (b) the application was made more than 2 years after the negative notice was issued; and
- (c) the person who made the application is not a disqualified person. Note— See section 608 in relation to an application to cancel a negative notice made by a disqualified person.