Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007 (Act No. 32 of 2007)

Regulations

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Regulations

Part II : Regulations on National Register for Sex Offenders under Section 53 of the Act

17. Persons entitled to apply for certificate

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(1) Any person who, before or after the commencement of Chapter 6 of the Act, has been convicted of or who has a previous conviction for a sexual offence and who—
(a) intends to apply for a licence or approval to manage or operate an entity, business concern or trade in relation to the supervision or care of persons who are vulnerable;
(b) intends to apply to become a foster parent, kinship care-giver, temporary safe care-giver, adoptive parent or curator; or
(c) wishes to establish whether his or her own particulars appear in the Register,

must apply to the Registrar, by means of an application form that must correspond substantially with Form 7 in Annexure B to the Regulations, for a certificate stating whether or not his or her own particulars appear in the Register.

[Regulation 17(1) substituted by section 3 of Notice No. R.2383, GG46736, dated 19 August 2022]

 

(2)Any—
(a)employer who, at the commencement of these regulations, employs an employee or intends employing an employee;
(b)licensing authority who, at the commencement of these regulations, considers an application contemplated in subregulation (1)(c); or
(c)relevant authority who, at the commencement of these regulations, considers an application contemplated in subregulation (1)(d),

must apply to the Registrar, by means of an application form that must correspond substantially with Form 8 in Annexure B, for a certificate stating whether or not the particulars of such person appear in the Register.