Children’s Act 2014

Children's worker safety checking - Obligations of specified organisations

27: Periodic safety checks of children's workers

You could also call this:

"Organisations must check children's workers are safe every three years to protect kids."

If you employ or work with children, your organisation must check that you are safe to work with children every three years. This check must follow the rules set out in section 31. If your organisation does not do these checks, it can be fined up to $10,000.

If you are a children's worker, your organisation is responsible for making sure your safety check is up to date. They must do this within three years of your last safety check. Your organisation must follow the rules to keep you and the children you work with safe.

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This page was last updated on 6 August 2025

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26: Safety checks of existing children's workers, or

"Organisations must check workers who care for kids are safe to work with them."

28: Core worker convicted of specified offence not to be employed or engaged, or

"No job as a core worker if you've been convicted of a serious crime."

Part 3Children's worker safety checking
Obligations of specified organisations

27Periodic safety checks of children's workers

A specified organisation must ensure that each children's worker whom it employs or engages is safety checked within 3 years after the date of the latest safety check of the person that complied with section 31.
A specified organisation that, in relation to a children's worker whom it employs or engages, fails to comply with subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000.