Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

WORKING WITH VULNERABLE PEOPLE (BACKGROUND CHECKING) ACT 2011 (NO. 44 OF 2011) - SECT 9

A person is engaged in a regulated activity if the person—

        (a)     has contact with a vulnerable person as part of engaging in the activity; and

Note     Contact , between a person and a vulnerable person as part of engaging in a regulated activity—see s 10.

        (b)     is engaged in the activity in any capacity and whether—

              (i)     for reward or otherwise; or

              (ii)     under an arrangement with someone else or otherwise.

Examples—capacity in which engaged in activity

1     employee

2     contractor or subcontractor

3     consultant

4     self-employed person

5     apprentice

6     volunteer

7     agent

8     supervisor

9     person on a work experience placement for an educational or vocational course

10     person carrying out work for a sentence, including a community service order

11     member of a management committee of an unincorporated body or association

12     minister of religion for a religious organisation

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).