Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CRIMES (CHILD SEX OFFENDERS) ACT 2005 (NO. 30 OF 2005) - SECT 124

    (1)     Employment is child-related ( child-related employment ) if the employment involves contact with a child in relation to any of the following:

        (a)     child protection services;

        (b)     preschools, kindergartens or child-care centres;

        (c)     family day care schemes;

        (d)     educational institutions for children;

        (e)     attendance centres, institutions or shelters under the Children and Young people Act 1999 ;

        (f)     refuges or other residential facilities used by children;

        (g)     wards of public or private hospitals where children are ordinarily patients;

        (h)     clubs, associations or movements (including of a cultural, recreational or sporting nature) with significant child membership or involvement (including involvement of a voluntary nature);

              (i)     religious organisations;

        (j)     babysitting or childminding services arranged by a commercial agency;

        (k)     fostering children;

        (l)     providing public or private transport services for the transport of children;

        (m)     private tuition services of any kind for children arranged by a commercial agency;

        (n)     counselling or other support services for children;

        (o)     overnight camps, irrespective of the kind of accommodation or of how many children are involved;

        (p)     school-crossing services;

        (q)     before and after school care programs;

        (r)     school holiday vacation programs;

        (s)     work-related training contracts under the Vocational Education and Training Act 2003 ;

        (t)     anything else prescribed by regulation for this section.

    (2)     In this section:

"contact" means any form of contact between a person and a child, and includes—

        (a)     any form of physical contact; and

        (b)     any form of oral communication, whether face-to-face or by telephone; and

        (c)     any form of written communication, including electronic communication.

educational institutions for children include the following:

        (a)     a government school or non-government school under the Education Act 2004 ;

        (b)     a registered training organisation, higher education provider or university under the Tertiary Accreditation and Registration Act 2003 .

"family day care scheme"—see the Children and Young People Act 1999 , section 329.

"school-crossing services" means services provided by people to assist children to cross roads on their way to or from school.