Western Australian Current Acts

WORKING WITH CHILDREN (SCREENING) ACT 2004 - SECT 13A

13A .         Issue of assessment notices and negative notices

        (1)         On deciding the application —

            (a)         the CEO is to issue the assessment notice or the negative notice, as the case requires, to the applicant; and

            (b)         if the CEO is aware that the applicant is, or is proposed to be, employed in child-related employment by another person, the CEO must —

                  (i)         if an assessment notice is issued — give details contained in the assessment notice to the other person in the manner or form the CEO thinks fit (including by giving a copy of the assessment notice to the other person); and

                  (ii)         if a negative notice is issued — give a copy of the negative notice to the other person.

        (2)         When a negative notice is issued to an applicant, the CEO is to provide with it a written notice that —

            (a)         states the reasons for the CEO’s decision on the application; and

            (b)         states that the applicant may, subject to section 26(3A), apply to the State Administrative Tribunal, within 28 days after the date of the negative notice, to have the decision reviewed; and

            (c)         explains how the application for the review is made.

        [Section 13A inserted: No. 7 of 2010 s. 7; amended: No. 47 of 2022 s. 14.]