Crimes Amendment (Worker Screening) Regulations 2021 (Cth)

Crimes Amendment (Worker Screening) Regulations 2021

I, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.

Dated 18 February 2021

David Hurley

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

Christian Porter

Attorney‑General

Contents

1Name

This instrument is the Crimes Amendment (Worker Screening) Regulations 2021.

2Commencement

1. (1)

   Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1. Sections 1 to 4 and anything in this instrument not elsewhere covered by this table	The day after this instrument is registered.	23 February 2021
2. Schedule 1, items 1 and 2	The day after this instrument is registered.	23 February 2021
3. Schedule 1, item 3	The later of: (a) immediately after the commencement of item 2 of Schedule 1 to this instrument; and (b) the time Part 2 of the Disability Services and Other Legislation (Worker Screening) Amendment Act 2020 (Qld) commences.	23 February 2021 (paragraph (a) applies)
3. Schedule 1, item 4	The later of: (a) the start of the day after this instrument is registered; and (b) the time Part 2 of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Worker Screening) Act 2020 (WA) commences.	23 February 2021 (paragraph (a) applies)
5. Schedule 1, item 5	The day after this instrument is registered.	23 February 2021

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

1. (2)

   Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3Authority

This instrument is made under the Crimes Act 1914.

4Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1Amendments

Crimes Regulations 2019

1

Section 20 (table item 2)

Repeal the item, substitute:

2 Secretary, within the meaning of the Worker Screening Act 2020 (Vic.) Worker Screening Act 2020 (Vic.)

2

Section 20A (after table item 1)

Insert:

1A Secretary, within the meaning of the Worker Screening Act 2020 (Vic.) Worker Screening Act 2020 (Vic.)

3

Section 20A (after table item 1A)

Insert:

1B Chief executive, within the meaning of the Disability Services Act 2006 (Qld) Disability Services Act 2006 (Qld)

4

Section 20A (before table item 2)

Insert:

1C CEO, within the meaning of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Worker Screening) Act 2020 (WA) National Disability Insurance Scheme (Worker Screening) Act 2020 (WA)

5

Section 20A (at the end of the table)

Add:

5 Screening Agency declared under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Worker Clearance) Act 2020 (NT) National Disability Insurance Scheme (Worker Clearance) Act 2020 (NT)