54Additional risk assessments

54 Additional risk assessments (1) This section applies if the commissioner believes on reasonable grounds that there is new relevant information about a registered Examples—new relevant information 1 a registered person is suspected of having committed a relevant offence 2 a registered person has been charged with a relevant offence 3 a registered person has been convicted or found guilty of a relevant offence 4 a complaint or investigation is made about noncompliance of an approved care and protection organisation under the Children and Young People Act 2008, div 10.4.3 involving conduct by a registered person 5 an allegation or investigation of misconduct is made about a registered person within a regulated activity (a) conduct a risk assessment (an additional risk assessment) for the person taking into account the new relevant information; and (b) tell the person in writing that the additional risk assessment is being conducted. Note If the commissioner decides to conduct an additional risk assessment for a person, the commissioner may, while the assessment is conducted, make the person’s registration subject to an interim condition (see s 54A) or suspend the person’s registration (see s 57 (2)). (3) If the commissioner conducts an additional risk assessment for the person and is satisfied that the person poses no risk or an acceptable risk of harm to a vulnerable person, the commissioner may— (a) leave the person’s registration unchanged; or (b) add a condition to, or amend a condition of, the person’s

(c) remove a condition from the person’s registration. Note 1 Section 43 sets out the commissioner’s obligations if the commissioner intends to register a person conditionally. Note 2 The commissioner must cancel a person’s registration if the commissioner has conducted an additional risk assessment for the person and is satisfied that that the person poses an unacceptable risk of harm to a vulnerable person (see s 57 (3)). (4) The risk assessment guidelines may provide for what constitutes new relevant information about a registered person.