The National Police Check Service (NPCS) have advised that escalations for any Police Checks in a Referred state are not available for checks outside of the Urgent Check Framework outlined below.
An urgent priority only be applied to checks where a delay in results may have a direct impact on the care, safety or provision of essential services within the community (NPCS, 2021).
Please do not request any checks be escalated if they do not meet this criteria. We are unable to
Categories of Urgent Checks
- Specialist skills or an emergency or disaster situation
- Political reasons (including national security – for Australian Government only)
- Medical reasons Type
- Child-related process, including adoption and emergency placement
Some examples include when:
- volunteers are needed to provide bushfire relief;
- support is needed for an upcoming election;
- medical specialists are required for locum work in a remote area; or
- emergency foster carers are needed.
A town is classified as a remote area by using the Australian Bureau of Statistics data by region map: https://dbr.abs.gov.au/
Examples of reasons that are NOT considered to be Urgent priorities
- is unhappy about having to wait the standard business days;
- is offered employment and is due to start tomorrow;
- has an expired police clearance;
- cannot work until their check is returned; or
- has a professional registration pending a check.