Queensland Numbered Acts

WORKING WITH CHILDREN (RISK MANAGEMENT AND SCREENING) AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2024 - SECT 61

61 Amendment of s 298 (Effect of suspension of working with children authority)

(1) Section 298 (3) —
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(3) A person’s employer or potential employer who is given a notice about the suspension must not allow the person to perform work that is regulated employment.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.

(2) Section 298 (4) , ‘who is given a notice about the suspension under section 297 ’—
omit, insert—
or potential employer who is given a notice about the suspension

(3) Section 298 (5) , ‘ section 231 (1) or 289 (1) ’—
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section 238(1) or 239(1)