If you are part of an organisation and you are charged with an offence, you have a defence. This defence is that your organisation took all reasonable steps to ensure a safety check was done correctly. The safety check must comply with what is required in section 31 and be relevant to the charge against you, which is under sections 25 to 27.
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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."
30: Defence relating to short-term emergencies, or
"A defence for organisations that didn't follow rules in an emergency to keep children safe."
It is a defence to a charge for an offence against any of sections 25 to 27 that the specified organisation took all reasonable steps to ensure that a safety check of the person that complied with section 31 was completed as required by the relevant section.
