Overview

• Authorities report 1,733 refusals after checks, identifying people already in post as ineligible, with roughly four in five cases in child-protection services.
• During the pilot that began in September 2024 and expanded in March 2025, agencies issued 342,000 attestations, about 65% in early-childhood settings.
• The attestation verifies the absence of relevant convictions and FIJAISC listings, and employers must initiate dismissal for personal misconduct when a certificate is refused.
• The rollout covers professionals and volunteers in child protection and early-childhood care, and also screens individuals over 13 living in the homes of family and childminders.
• Certificates are automatically delivered in about three days when no issue is flagged, the initial sweep targets roughly one million people, and checks widen in 2026 to adoption candidates followed by disability and elderly-care sectors.