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FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES COMMISSION ACT 2008 No. 9 - SECT 19

19 Disqualification from being commissioner or deputy commissioner

(1) A person can not become, or continue as, the commissioner or a deputy commissioner if--

(a) the person--
(i) is, or has been, convicted of an offence and the conviction is not a spent conviction; or
(ii) is an insolvent under administration within the meaning of the Corporations Act, section 9; or
(iii) is a public service employee, a police officer or an employee of the Commonwealth public service; or
(b) at any time after 5 years before the commencement of this section, a protection order has been made against the person; or
(c) the Minister has received a notice from the child protection chief executive under section 28 advising the Minister that the child protection chief executive considers the person may pose a risk to a child's safety.

(2) Also, a person can not become the commissioner or a deputy commissioner if the person does not consent to the Minister requesting--

(a) a report about the person's criminal history and domestic violence history under section 27; or
(b) a notice about the person under section 28.

(3) In this section--

offence means--

(a) an indictable offence; or
(b) an offence under the Drugs Misuse Act 1986, other than an indictable offence; or
(c) an offence under the Liquor Act 1992, section 168B.


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