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Screening checks are included in many pieces of South Australian and Commonwealth legislation.
South Australia
Children's Protection Law Reform (Transitional Arrangements and Related Amendments) Act 2017
Child Safety (Prohibited Persons) Act 2016
Child Safety (Prohibited Persons) Regulations 2019
Disability Inclusion Act 2018
Disability Services Act 1993
Disability Services (Assessment of Relevant History) Regulations 2014
Spent Convictions Act 2009
Spent Convictions Regulations 2011
Passenger Transport Act 1994
Passenger Transport Regulations 2009
Commonwealth
Aged Care Act 1997
Aged Care Accountability Principles (2014)
Related information
Working with Children Check Guidelines - July 2019
National Exchange of Criminal History Information for People Working with Children
Australian Institute of Family Studies – pre-employment screening: working with children checks and police checks
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
South Australian Child Protection Systems Royal Commission
(also known as the Nyland Report)