Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

WORKING WITH VULNERABLE PEOPLE (BACKGROUND CHECKING) AMENDMENT ACT 2019 (NO. 13 OF 2019) - SECT 71

in part 8, insert

63C     Commissioner may give information to employers

    (1)     The commissioner may give an employer the following information about a person the employer is associated with:

        (a)     the person's name;

        (b)     the status or outcome of the person's application for registration;

        (c)     if the person is registered—

              (i)     the unique identifying number for the person; and

              (ii)     the date the person's registration ends; and

              (iii)     whether the person's registration is subject to conditions under section 42 or section 54A;

        (d)     anything else prescribed by regulation.

    (2)     For subsection (1) (c) (iii), the commissioner need not tell the employer what the person's condition is.

    (3)     In this section, an employer is associated with a person if—

        (a)     the person is registered or has applied for registration; and

        (b)     the employer engages, or intends to engage, the person in a regulated activity for which the person is required to be registered.