WAFC Prohibited Person Declaration
As of February 2005
The West Australian Football Development Member Protection Policy makes it a breach of the policy for a Prohibited Person (defined as a person who has been convicted of a Serious Sex Offence) to work or seek work in the following roles:
The West Australian Football Development Member Protection Policy makes it a breach of the policy for a Prohibited Person (defined as a person who has been convicted of a Serious Sex Offence) to work or seek work in the following roles:
- Persons appointed or seeking appointment to a role in which that person is likely to have individual and unsupervised contact with competitors under 18 years of age (for example, team coach, assistant coaches, team manager, team runner, team first aid person, club executive members including
President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Registrar, Canteen personnel). - Coaches who are appointed or seeking appointment (whether employed, contracted or otherwise) for reward;
- Volunteer personnel appointed or seeking appointment, who will or are likely to travel away with teams of competitors under 18 years of age; and
- Any person who will have regular contact over an extended period (minimum of 1 contact per week over a length of period as determined by the individual club).
The West Australian Football Development Member Protection Policy also makes it a breach of the policy to appoint, or continue to appoint, a person to a role set out above:
- Without first obtaining this declaration; or
- Where this declaration reveals the person is a Prohibited Person.
The West Australian Football Development Member Protection Policy defines a Serious Sex Offence to mean an offence involving sexual activity or acts of indecency including but not limited to:
- Rape
- Indecent assault
- Sexual assault
- Assault with intent to have sexual intercourse
- Incest
- Sexual penetration of child under the age of 16
- Indecent act with child under the age of 16
- Sexual relationship with child under the age of 16
- Sexual offences against people with impaired mental functioning
- Abduction and detention
- Procuring sexual penetration by threats or fraud
- Procuring sexual penetration of child under the age of 16
- Bestiality
- Soliciting acts of sexual penetration or indecent acts
- Promoting or engaging in acts of child prostitution
- Obtaining benefits from child prostitution
- Possession of child pornography
- Publishing child pornography and indecent articles.
