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The Changes .....................................................................................................................................3  \n2. Definitions..........................................................................................................................................3  \n3. Paid and Unpaid Workers engaged before 8 November 2012 .........................................................3  \n4. Paid and Unpaid Workers engaged after 8 November 2012 ............................................................4  \n5. How Individuals Apply for Clearance ................................................................................................4  \n6. How Organisation Verify Clearance ..................................................................................................5  \n7. Further Assistance ............................................................................................................................5  \n1. The Changes  \nOn 8 November 2012 , the NEW Working with Vulnerable Persons legislation became effective in the ACT.  \nA Working with Vulnerable Persons Check is mandatory for anyone engaging in regulated activities with vulnerable persons , whether on a paid or unpaid basis.  \nAll ordained ministers and individuals engaged as religious leaders or spiritual officers are required to hold a Working with Vulnerable Persons Clearance regardless of whether they engage in regulated activities with vulnerable persons or not.  \nIt is now the responsibility of an:  \n􀁸 Individual, to ensure that they hold a Working with Vulnerable Persons Clearance issued by the Commissioner for Fair Trading before they seek to engage in regulated activities with vulnerable persons.  \n􀁸 Organisation to ensure that each individual produces a Working with Vulnerable Persons Clearance Card issued by the Commissioner for Fair Trading before permitting an individual to engage in regulated activities with vulnerable persons.  \nNo individual can be permitted to engage in regulated activities with vulnerable persons unless the Commissioner for Fair Trading has provided the individual with a Clearance  \nCard.  \nThese clearances are valid for three years and only have application in the ACT.  \nCleared applicants will be subject to ongoing monitoring by the Commissioner for Fair Trading and relevant new records could lead to a bar and the clearance being revoked.  \n2. Definitions  \nA vulnerable person means a child or an adult who is disadvantaged and accessing a regulated activity in relation to the disadvantage.  \nA regulated activity means the activity is conducted, or the service is provided by a religious institution or a person acting on behalf of a religious institution and the activity or service is specifically for, or mainly used by children or specifically for people accessing a regulated activity.  \n3. 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