Western Australian Current Acts

WORKING WITH CHILDREN (SCREENING) ACT 2004 - SECT 29

29 .         People employed in child-related employment to notify CEO of relevant change in criminal record

        (1)         A person employed in child-related employment must give the CEO and the person’s employer written notice of a relevant change in the person’s criminal record as soon as is practicable after the change occurs.

        Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $60 000 and imprisonment for 5 years.

        (2)         If the CEO receives a notice under subsection (1), the CEO may advise the person’s employer of the relevant change in the person’s criminal record disclosed in the notice.

        [Section 29 amended: No. 7 of 2010 s. 15; No. 47 of 2022 s. 24 and 46.]