Crimes Regulations 2019

PART 9 - PARDONS, QUASHED CONVICTIONS AND SPENT CONVICTIONS  

SECTION 20A  

20A   EXCLUSIONS FROM DIVISIONS 2 AND 3 OF PART VIIC OF THE ACT - EXCLUSIONS RELATING TO WORK WITH PERSONS WITH DISABILITY  


For the purposes of sections 85ZZGI , 85ZZGJ and 85ZZGK of the Act, the persons and bodies mentioned in column 1 of an item in the following table, and the laws mentioned in column 2 of an item in the table, as in force from time to time, are prescribed to the extent that those laws:

(a)    are NDIS worker screening laws (within the meaning of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 ); and

(b)    relate to persons working, or seeking to work, with people with disability (within the meaning of section 85ZZGM of the Crimes Act 1914 ).


Prescribed persons, bodies and laws
Item Column 1 Column 2
Person or body Law
1 Screening Agency appointed under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Worker Checks) Act 2018 (NSW) National Disability Insurance Scheme (Worker Checks) Act 2018 (NSW)
1A Secretary, within the meaning of the Worker Screening Act 2020 (Vic.) Worker Screening Act 2020 (Vic.)
1B Chief executive, within the meaning of the Disability Services Act 2006 (Qld) Disability Services Act 2006 (Qld)
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)
2 Central assessment unit established under the Child Safety (Prohibited Persons) Act 2016 (SA) Disability Inclusion Act 2018 (SA)
3 Registrar appointed under the Registration to Work with Vulnerable People Act 2013 (Tas.) Registration to Work with Vulnerable People Act 2013 (Tas.)
4 Commissioner mentioned in section 17 of the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 (ACT) Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 (ACT)
5 Screening Agency declared under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Worker Clearance) Act 2020 (NT) National Disability Insurance Scheme (Worker Clearance) Act 2020 (NT)


 

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