Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

WORKING WITH VULNERABLE PEOPLE (BACKGROUND CHECKING) ACT 2011 (NO. 44 OF 2011) - SECT 31

The risk assessment guidelines must provide for the following to be taken into account in relation to any other information the commissioner believes on reasonable grounds is or may be relevant in deciding whether, in engaging in a regulated activity, the applicant poses a risk of harm to a vulnerable person:

        (a)     how the information was obtained;

Examples

1     tip off from a member of the public

2     a media report

Note     An example is part of the Act, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act, s 126 and s 132).

        (b)     the relevance of the information;

        (c)     the truthfulness, completeness and reliability of the information;

        (d)     any submission made by the person to the commissioner in relation to the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c).