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WORKING WITH CHILDREN (SCREENING) ACT 2004 - SECT 26

26 .         Reviewable decisions

        (1)         In this section —

        defined period means —

            (a)         in relation to a decision by the CEO to issue a negative notice to a person — 28 days after the date of the negative notice; or

            (b)         in relation to a decision by the CEO not to grant an application for a negative notice issued to a person to be cancelled — 28 days after the date of the notice given to the person under section 19(10); or

            (c)         in relation to a decision by the CEO to refuse to cancel a negative notice and substitute the correct notice — 28 days after the date the CEO refuses to cancel the negative notice and substitute the correct notice.

        (2)         Subject to subsection (3A), a person may apply to the State Administrative Tribunal within the defined period for a review of a decision by the CEO —

            (a)         to issue a negative notice to the person; or

            (b)         not to grant an application for a negative notice issued to the person to be cancelled.

        (3A)         If a person has not made a submission to the CEO under section 13(1)(c) after having been invited to do so by the CEO, the person cannot make an application under subsection (2)(a) without the leave of the Tribunal.

        (3B)         A person may apply to the State Administrative Tribunal within the defined period for a review of a decision by the CEO to refuse to cancel a negative notice and substitute the correct notice under section 20(2) if the person —

            (a)         has been refused leave under subsection (3A); and

            (b)         has subsequently made a submission to the CEO under section 13(1)(c) having been invited to do so by the CEO.

        (3)         A decision that is the subject of an application under subsection (2) or (3B) continues to have effect pending the outcome of the review, unless the State Administrative Tribunal orders otherwise.

        (4)         A decision by the State Administrative Tribunal under the State Administrative Tribunal Act 2004 section 29 so as to provide for the issue of an assessment notice —

            (a)         has effect as a decision of the CEO from the date of the Tribunal’s decision; and

            (b)         does not affect the operation of any other provision of this Act as it applies before the date of the Tribunal’s decision.

        [Section 26 amended: No. 7 of 2010 s. 14; No. 47 of 2022 s. 23.]



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