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Children’s Act 2014

Children's worker safety checking - Monitoring compliance

39: Requirement to provide information to chief executives

You could also call this:

"Telling bosses about checks on workers who care for kids"

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The chief executive of a key agency can ask an organisation for information about the safety checking of children's workers. You might be asked to provide this information so the agency can check if the organisation is following the rules. The agency can only ask for this information if they think it's necessary to keep children safe.

The chief executive can ask for details about a specific person's safety check, including how their identity was confirmed. They can also ask for all the information that was gathered during the safety check, as well as the risk assessment of the person.

The organisation might be asked to provide the dates the person was employed and what kind of work they did.

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Part 3Children's worker safety checking
Monitoring compliance

39Requirement to provide information to chief executives

  1. The chief executive of any key agency may, for the purpose of monitoring compliance with this Part, require any specified organisation to provide to the chief executive, in the manner and within the time specified, information about the safety checking of children's workers employed or engaged by the organisation.

  2. The chief executive of any key agency may exercise the power in subsection (3) only if he or she believes on reasonable grounds that the information required is necessary to prevent or lessen a serious threat to the safety of any child or children.

  3. The chief executive may require any specified organisation to provide details to the chief executive of any safety check done on a named person and the person's work history, including—

  4. how the person's identity was confirmed; and
    1. all information provided about the person in the course of the safety check; and
      1. the risk assessment of the person; and
        1. the date or dates on which the person has been employed or engaged by the organisation and the nature of the work that he or she is or has been engaged in.