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Failing the Check
If the Department of Justice assesses your Working with Children (WWC) Check application and considers you should not pass, you will be given a Negative Notice. The Negative Notice comes into effect from the date shown on the notice.
A Negative Notice will be issued where you are:
- a Category one applicant
- a Category two applicant and the department considers that giving you an Assessment Notice will pose an unjustifiable risk to the safety of children
- a Category three applicant and the department considers it inappropriate to give you an Assessment Notice.
A Negative Notice may be issued in other cases, but only if there are exceptional circumstances and only if there is a significant link between offending by the applicant and a risk to children.
Contacts
Working with Children Check Unit
Department of Justice
GPO Box 1915
Melbourne VIC 3001
Information Line: 1300 652 879
Hours of operation are 8:30am - 5pm weekdays (excluding public holidays)
If you need an interpreter please call the Translating and Interpreting Service on 13 1450 and have them contact the WWC Check Information Line on 1300 652 879.