📘 Working with Children (Screening) Amendment Act 2026
This Act amends the Working with Children (Screening) Act 2004 to incorporate provisions for adverse interstate Working with Children (WWC) decisions. It introduces definitions for such decisions and establishes procedures for their recognition and impact on WWC assessments and notices in Western Australia.
Impact
Individuals applying for or holding Working with Children assessment notices in Western Australia will be affected, particularly if they have had an adverse WWC decision in another Australian jurisdiction. Education providers will also be impacted as they are prohibited from procuring child-related employment for students subject to adverse interstate WWC decisions. The CEO of the relevant authority will have new powers and duties regarding these decisions.
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