Queensland Consolidated Acts

CHILD PROTECTION ACT 1999 - SECT 148D

148D Pending working with children check application

(1) Subsection (2) applies if, when a person turns 18 years—

(a) the person is a member of the household of an approved carer or an applicant for a certificate of approval; and

(b) the person does not hold a working with children authority; and

(c) the person has made a working with children check application.

(2) The Working with Children Act , sections 175 and 176A do not apply in relation to the person as an adult member of the household until the application is decided or withdrawn.

Note—

See the Working with Children Act , schedule 1 , section 14 (2) in relation to an adult member of an approved carer’s household being taken to be engaged in regulated employment for that Act.

(3) Subsection (4) applies if—

(a) a corporation holds a licence; and

(b) a person becomes the nominee for the licence or a director of the corporation; and

(c) the person does not hold a working with children authority; and

(d) the person is an applicant for a working with children check application.

(4) The Working with Children Act , section 176B does not apply in relation to the person as the nominee for the licence or a director of the corporation until the application is decided or withdrawn.

Note—

See section 148C of this Act and the Working with Children Act , section 14 and schedule 1 , section 24 in relation to a nominee or director of a corporation carrying on the business of a licensed care service being taken to be carrying on a regulated business under the Working with Children Act .