Western Australian Consolidated Acts

WORKING WITH CHILDREN (CRIMINAL RECORD CHECKING) ACT 2004 - NOTES

Notes

¹ This reprint is a compilation as at 17 February 2012 of the Working with Children (Criminal Record Checking) Act 2004 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table ^1a. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Working with Children (Criminal Record Checking) Act 2004	65 of 2004	8 Dec 2004	s. 1 and 2: 8 Dec 2004; Act other than s. 1, 2 and 50-52: 1 Jan 2006 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Dec 2005 p. 6875); s. 50-52: 1 Jan 2007 (see s. 2 and Gazette 29 Dec 2006 p. 5867)
Criminal Code Amendment (Cyber Predators) Act 2006 s. 7	3 of 2006	30 Mar 2006	30 Mar 2006 (see s. 2(1))
Child Care Services Act 2007 Pt. 7 Div. 4	19 of 2007	3 Jul 2007	10 Aug 2007 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 9 Aug 2007 p. 4071)
Criminal Law and Evidence Amendment Act 2008 s. 74	2 of 2008	12 Mar 2008	27 Apr 2008 (see s. 2 and Gazette 24 Apr 2008 p. 1559)
Criminal Law Amendment (Homicide) Act 2008 s. 40	29 of 2008	27 Jun 2008	1 Aug 2008 (see s. 2(c) and (d) and Gazette 22 Jul 2008 p. 3353)
Community Protection (Offender Reporting) Amendment Act 2008 s. 13	27 of 2008	1 Jul 2008	2 Jul 2008 (see s. 2(b))
Reprint 1: The Working with Children (Criminal Record Checking) Act 2004 as at 14 Nov 2008 (includes amendments listed above)
Statutes (Repeals and Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2009 s. 140	8 of 2009	21 May 2009	22 May 2009 (see s. 2(b))
Working with Children (Criminal Record Checking) Amendment Act 2010 Pt. 2	7 of 2010	27 May 2010	6 Oct 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 5 Oct 2010 p. 5113)
Child Pornography and Exploitation Material and Classification Legislation Amendment Act 2010 s. 15	21 of 2010	7 Jul 2010	28 Aug 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 27 Aug 2010 p. 4105)
Cannabis Law Reform Act 2010 Pt. 6	45 of 2010	28 Oct 2010	1 Aug 2011 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 29 Jul 2011 p. 3127)
Children and Community Services Amendment Act 2010 Pt. 2 Div. 2	49 of 2010	24 Nov 2010	31 Jan 2011 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 28 Jan 2011 p. 241)
Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act (No. 2) 2010 Pt. 3	50 of 2010	24 Nov 2010	25 Nov 2010 (see s. 2(b))
Reprint 2: The Working with Children (Criminal Record Checking) Act 2004 as at 7 Jan 2011 (includes amendments listed above except those in the Cannabis Law Reform Act 2010 and Children and Community Services Amendment Act 2010)
Child Care Services Amendment Act 2011 Pt. 3	38 of 2011	4 Oct 2011	7 Jan 2012 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 6 Jan 2012 p. 3)
Reprint 3: The Working with Children (Criminal Record Checking) Act 2004 as at 17 Feb 2012 (includes amendments listed above

^1a On the date as at which this reprint was prepared, provisions referred to in the following table had not come into operation and were therefore not included in compiling the reprint. For the text of the provisions see the endnotes referred to in the table.

Provisions that have not come into operation

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Commissioner for Children and Young People Act 2006 s. 65 (Sch. 1 cl. 3) 2	48 of 2006	4 Oct 2006	To be proclaimed (see s. 2)
Prostitution Amendment Act 2008 s. 35 3	13 of 2008	14 Apr 2008	To be proclaimed (see s. 2(b))
Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 2011 Pt. 5 4	56 of 2011	21 Nov 2011	To be proclaimed (see s. 2(b))

² On the date as at which this reprint was prepared, the Commissioner for Children and Young People Act 2006 Sch. 1 cl. 3 had not come into operation. It reads as follows:

Schedule 1 — Consequential amendments

[s. 65]

3. Working with Children (Criminal Record Checking) Act 2004 amended

(1) The amendments in this clause are to the Working with Children (Criminal Record Checking) Act 2004.

(2) Section 4 is amended as follows:

(a) by deleting the definition of CEO;

(b) by deleting the definition of Commissioner and inserting instead —

“

Commissioner means the person holding or acting in the office of Commissioner for Children and Young People under the Commissioner for Children and Young People Act 2006;

”;

(c) by inserting in the appropriate alphabetical position —

“

Commissioner for Police means the person holding or acting in the office of Commissioner for Police under the Police Act 1892;

”.

(3) The heading to Part 2 Division 3 is amended by deleting “CEO” and inserting instead —

“ Commissioner ”.

(4) Section 17(1) is amended by inserting after “Commissioner” in both places where it occurs —

“ of Police ”.

(5) Section 17(2) is amended by inserting after “Commissioner” —

“ of Police ”.

(6) Section 34(1) is amended in paragraph (b) of the definition of authorised person by inserting after “Commissioner” —

“ of Police ”.

(7) Section 34(3) is amended by inserting after “Commissioner” in both places where it occurs —

“ of Police ”.

(8) The provisions mentioned in the Table to this subclause are amended by deleting “CEO” in each place where it occurs and inserting instead —

“ Commissioner ”.

Table

s. 3	s. 26(1) and (2)
s. 4 (definitions of approved, assessment notice, criminal record check, interim negative notice, negative notice)	s. 28(1) and (2)
s. 6(1)(b)	s. 29(2)
s. 9(1) and (4)	s. 30
s. 10(1) and (4)	s. 32(1)
s. 11(2) and (3)	s. 34(2), (3), (4) and (5)
s. 12(1) to (10)	s. 35(b)
s. 13(1) to (7)	s. 36
s. 16(1), (2) and (3)	s. 37(1), (2) and (3)
s. 17(1) and (3)	s. 38(2), (3) and (4)
s. 18(1) and (2)	s. 42(2)
s. 19(1), (9) and (10)	s. 44(3), (4) and (5)
s. 20(2), (3), (5) and (6)	s. 45(1), (3), (4) and (6)

³ On the date as at which this reprint was prepared, the Prostitution Amendment Act 2008 s. 35 had not come into operation. It reads as follows:

35. Working with Children (Criminal Record Checking) Act 2004 amended

(1) The amendments in this section are to the Working with Children (Criminal Record Checking) Act 2004.

(2) Schedule 2 is amended by deleting the entry relating to the Prostitution Act 2000 and inserting instead —

Sexual Services Act 2000
s. 16	Causing, permitting or seeking to induce a child to act as a sex worker
s. 17	Obtaining payment for commercial sexual act by a child
s. 18	Agreement for a child to act as a sex worker

⁴ On the date as at which this reprint was prepared, the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Act 2011 Pt. 5 had not come into operation. It reads as follows:

Part 5 — Working with Children (Criminal Record Checking) Act 2004 amended

14. Act amended

This Part amends the Working with Children (Criminal Record Checking) Act 2004.

15. Schedule 2 amended

In Schedule 2 in the item relating to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1981 insert in numerical order:

s. 7B(4)

Selling drug paraphernalia to a child

Defined Terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined Term Provision(s)
another jurisdiction 4
approved 4
assessment notice 4
authorised person 34(1)
cancelled assessment notice 32A
CEO 4
charge 4
child 4
child care service 4
child-related business 4
child-related employment 4
child-related work 4, 6(1)
Class 1 offence 4, 7(1)
Class 2 offence 4, 7(2)
Class 3 offence 4
commencement day 56
Commissioner 4
contact 4
contact with a child 6(2)
continuing employee 60(4)
continuing minister of religion 59(1)
continuing operator 57(3)
continuing volunteer 58(1)
conviction 4
correct notice 20(1)
corresponding authority 37(1)
criminal record 4
criminal record check 4
criminal records agency 34(1)
defined period 26(1)
Department 4, 38(1)
education provider 4
educational institution for children 4
employee 9A(1), 6(1)
employer 9A(1), 9B(5), 9(1), 16(1), 22(1), 41(1), 43(1)(a)
first notice 20(2)
interim negative notice 4
managerial officer 5(1)
negative notice 4
new employee 60(4)
new operator 57(3)
non-conviction charge 4
officer of the Department 4
parent 4
pending charge 4
proposed employer 32A(b)
public authority 38(1)
public sector employee 45(2)
regulated person 42(1)
relative 4
relevant day 60A
specified 4, 61(4)
student 4
work 4