Assessable information is defined in section 8 of the Child Safety (Prohibited Persons) Act 2016 (SA) and may include information about:

It also includes any information provided by the person for the purposes of the working with children check or any information declared to be assessable by the regulations.

Information may be assessable regardless of the outcome of any proceedings, action or appeal to which the information relates [s 8(2)(f)].

The regulations provide that assessable information may include information provided to the unit pursuant to the Act, such as information from a public sector agency, as well as information relating to charges of prescribed or presumptive disqualification offences, restraining orders or intervention orders, and any other information determined by the Registrar to be assessable in accordance with the guidelines published in the Gazette [reg 8; see also s 4].

A person applying for a working with children check will be asked to consent to the Screening Unit obtaining assessable information from government agencies, courts and other organisations, and the check will not proceed until consent is given (Working with Children Check Guidelines (July 2024) (PDF, 461KB) pages 5 - 6).