South Australian Numbered Acts

CHILD SAFETY (PROHIBITED PERSONS) ACT 2016 (NO 49 OF 2016) - SECT 16

16—Working with children without current working with children check prohibited

        (1)         A person must not work with children unless a working with children check has been conducted in relation to the person within the preceding 5 years.

Maximum penalty:

            (a)         for a first or second offence—$20 000;

            (b)         for a third or subsequent offence—$50 000 or imprisonment for 1 year.

        (2)         Subsection (1)

does not apply to an excluded person.

Division 2—Steps employers must take in relation to employing person