(1) It is an accreditation criterion for a person that the person:
(a) is not prohibited under a law of a State or Territory from working with children; and
(b) has complied with the laws for employment of persons working with children in each of the States and Territories in which the person will provide family dispute resolution services; and
(c) has access to a suitable complaints mechanism to which persons who use the applicant's services as a family dispute resolution practitioner may have recourse if they wish to complain about services provided; and
(d) is suitable to perform the functions and duties of a family dispute resolution practitioner; and
(e) is not disqualified from accreditation.
Examples of complaints mechanism for paragraph (c)
(2) A person is disqualified from accreditation if the person has been convicted of:
(a) an offence involving violence to a person; or
(b) a sex - related offence, including rape, sexual assault, indecent assault, unlawful sexual acts with or upon minors, child pornography, procuring or trafficking of a child for indecent purposes or being knowingly concerned with the prostitution of a child.
Note: Part VIIC of the Crimes Act 1914 includes provisions that, in certain circumstances, relieve persons from the requirement to disclose spent convictions and require persons aware of such convictions to disregard them.