Western Australian Numbered Acts

WORKING WITH CHILDREN (CRIMINAL RECORD CHECKING) ACT 2004 (NO. 65 OF 2004) - SECT 31

31 .         Relevant change in criminal record of other people

        (1)         This section applies to a person if —

            (a)         the person has a current assessment notice and is not employed in child-related employment or carrying on a child-related business; and

            (b)         there has been a relevant change in the person’s criminal record since the assessment notice was issued to the person.

        (2)         A person to whom this section applies must not be employed in child-related employment or carry on a child-related business unless —

            (a)         the person has been issued with a further assessment notice; or

            (b)         the person has applied for a further assessment notice and the application is pending.

        Penalty: a fine of $60 000 and imprisonment for 5 years.

        (3)         A person to whom subsection (2)(b) applies who is offered child-related employment must give the person’s proposed employer written notice that —

            (a)         there has been a relevant change in the person’s criminal record since the person’s current assessment notice was issued; and

            (b)         the person has applied for a further assessment notice and the application is pending.

        Penalty: a fine of $60 000 and imprisonment for 5 years.