Children’s Act 2014

Children's worker safety checking - Regulations

34: Transitional provision relating to local authorities, etc

You could also call this:

"Rules for organisations that become involved with the law at different times"

When you read about the law, you might see terms like "original specified organisation" and "later specified organisation". The "original specified organisation" refers to an organisation mentioned in section 24(1)(a) or (b) that was already a specified organisation when this law came into force. You will also see "later specified organisation" which means an organisation that becomes a specified organisation after this law started.

When new organisations become specified organisations, they have to follow certain rules, like the ones in sections 25, 26, and 28. These rules apply to new organisations in the same way they apply to the original organisations, but the timing is different. The law considers the date a new organisation becomes a specified organisation as the starting point for following these rules.

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Family and relationships > Children and parenting

33: Other regulations, or

"Rules to Keep Children Safe: Extra Laws Made by the Governor-General"

35: Exemption for certain individuals, or

"Some people can still work with children even if they've done something wrong, if it's safe for kids."

Part 3Children's worker safety checking
Regulations

34Transitional provision relating to local authorities, etc

In this section,—
original specified organisation means an organisation referred to in section 24(1)(a) or (b) (being an organisation that is a specified organisation on the date on which this section comes into force)
later specified organisation means an organisation that becomes a specified organisation at any time after this section comes into force.
In order to enable the obligations in sections 25, 26, and 28 to apply to a later specified organisation in the same, staggered, way that those sections apply to original specified organisations, references in those sections to the date on which this Part comes into force must be treated as references to the date on which the organisation became a later specified organisation.