Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011
47Conditional registration—amendment
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47 Conditional registration—amendment (1) A person with conditional registration may apply to the commissioner to amend the person’s registration (including by removing or amending a condition of the registration) if there has been a change in relevant information about the person since the person was registered subject to a condition. 1 a person has been acquitted of a previously pending charge for a relevant 2 a person’s conviction for a relevant offence has been quashed (2) The risk assessment guidelines may provide for what constitutes a change in relevant information about the person. (3) The commissioner may, in writing, require the applicant to give the commissioner the additional information in writing or documents the commissioner reasonably needs to decide the application. (4) If the applicant does not comply with a requirement under subsection (3), the commissioner may refuse to consider the application further. (5) On application by a person to amend a conditional registration, the commissioner must— (a) amend the registration; or
(b) refuse to amend the registration. (6) The commissioner must— (a) tell the applicant in writing of a decision under subsection (5) and— (i) if the commissioner amends the registration—state the details of the amendment; and (ii) if the commissioner refuses to amend the registration—the reasons for the decision; and Note The commissioner must also give the applicant a reviewable decision notice in relation to a decision to refuse to amend the applicant’s registration (see s 62). (b) if the commissioner amends the registration—tell the named employer (if any) in writing— (i) that the applicant’s registration has been amended; and (ii) the details of the amendment.