Child Protection (Working with Children) Amendment (Statutory Review) Act 2018 (NSW)

An Act to amend the Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012 to make further provision for checks and clearances for the purposes of working with children; and for related purposes.

1Name of Act

This Act is the Child Protection (Working with Children) Amendment (Statutory Review) Act 2018.

2Commencement

This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.

Schedule 1Amendment of Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012 No 51[1]–[24]

(Repealed)

[25]Section 36B

Insert after section 36A:

36BDuty to keep information up to date(1)

A person who holds a working with children check clearance or who has made a current application to the Children’s Guardian for a working with children check clearance must notify the Children’s Guardian of any change to the person’s personal details within 3 months of the change occurring.

(2)

The notice must be given in a form approved by the Children’s Guardian.

(3)

A person’s personal details are as follows:

• (a)

  the person’s name,

• (b)

  the person’s address,

• (c)

  the person’s contact details,

• (d)

  the person’s employer or proposed employer,

• (e)

  any other information of a kind prescribed by the regulations.

(4)

A person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with this section is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.

[26]

(Repealed)

Schedule 2

(Repealed)