Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021C00590:reg:17
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2021C00590
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 17
Character Range: 16217–18010

17  Community visitors grants—conditions of grant
 (1) For paragraph 82‑4(a) of the Act, this section sets out conditions that a community visitors grant is subject to.
Note: A community visitors grant may also be subject to conditions set out in the community visitors grant agreement under which the grant is made (see paragraphs 82‑4(b) and (c) of the Act).
 (2) A body to which a community visitors grant has been made must not employ or otherwise engage a person to be a community visitor on and after a day unless:
 (a) the body is satisfied that the person meets the requirements in subsection (2A) in relation to that day; and
 (b) if the person has been, at any time after turning 16, a citizen or permanent resident of a country other than Australia—the person has made a statutory declaration stating that the person has never been:
 (i) convicted of murder or sexual assault; or
 (ii) convicted of, and sentenced to imprisonment for, any other form of assault.
 (2A) A person meets the requirements in this subsection in relation to a day if:
 (a) there is for the person a police certificate that:
 (i) is dated not more than 3 years before that day; and
 (ii) does not record that the person has been convicted of murder or sexual assault or convicted of, and sentenced to imprisonment for, any other form of assault; or
 (b) the person has an NDIS worker screening clearance that:
 (i) was issued not more than 5 years before that day; and
 (ii) is not suspended.
 (3) Nothing in this section affects the operation of Part VIIC of the Crimes Act 1914 (which includes provisions that, in certain circumstances, relieve persons from the requirement to disclose spent convictions and require persons aware of such convictions to disregard them).

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