Western Australian Current Acts

WORKING WITH CHILDREN (SCREENING) ACT 2004 - SECT 21A

21A .         Cancellation of assessment notices of certain people not involved in child-related work

        (1)         If a person in respect of whom the CEO has received a notice under section 17(1) or 17A(3) has a current assessment notice and that person gives the CEO written notice that the person is not employed in child-related employment or carrying on a child-related business, the CEO is to cancel the assessment notice.

        (2)         If a person in respect of whom the CEO is required to make a decision in accordance with section 17(3)(d) or 17B(2)(b) gives the CEO a notice under subsection (1), the CEO may —

            (a)         cancel the person’s assessment notice; and

            (b)         not make a decision in accordance with that paragraph.

        (3)         If the CEO cancels the person’s assessment notice, the CEO is to give the person written notice of the cancellation.

        [Section 21A inserted: No. 7 of 2010 s. 12; amended: No. 47 of 2022 s. 20.]