Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (1A) In this
regulation —
current assessment notice means an assessment
notice issued under the Working with Children (Screening) Act 2004
section 12(1)(a) not more than 3 years before the material time;
prescribed offence means a Class 1 offence or a
Class 2 offence, as those terms are defined in the Working with Children
(Screening) Act 2004 section 4.
(1) A licensee must
ensure that a person who —
(a) has
been convicted of a prescribed offence; and
(b) does
not have a current assessment notice,
is not permitted to
attend the place during a care session without the prior written approval of
the CEO.
Penalty: a fine of $5 000.
(2) In proceedings for
an offence under subregulation (1), it is a defence for the licensee to
show that the licensee did not know, and could not reasonably be expected to
have known, that the person had been convicted of a prescribed offence.
[Regulation 60 amended: Gazette
6 Jan 2012 p. 20.]