Western Australian Current Acts

WORKING WITH CHILDREN (SCREENING) ACT 2004 - SECT 33

33 .         Class 1 offence: pending charge or conviction prevents child-related work

                If the relevant change in a person’s criminal record is that the person is charged with or convicted of a Class 1 offence (other than a Class 1 offence committed or allegedly committed by the person when a child), the person must not —

            (a)         be employed in child-related employment; or

            (b)         carry on a child-related business.

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

        [Section 33 inserted: No. 47 of 2022 s. 26.]

        [Heading inserted: No. 47 of 2022 s. 27.]