Under the Education and Training Reform Act 2006, a Category B offence includes (but it not necessarily limited to) the following

• sexual offences (other than rape or attempted rape) where the person against whom the offence was committed was not a child;
• sexual offences where the person who committed the offence and the person against whom the offence was committed were children;
• stalking;
• distributing an intimate image or threatening to distribute an intimate image;
• some violent offences (other than murder and attempted murder); and
• some drug offences such as trafficking or supplying a drug of dependence to a child.

If a person makes an application to VIT for registration / renewal of registration, VIT must refuse the application if

• the person is currently charged with, or has been convicted or found guilty of a Category B offence in Victoria, or an equivalent offence in another jurisdiction; or 
• the VIT considers that the person poses an unjustifiable risk to children.

If the person is a registered teacher, VIT may suspend all of their registrations if the person has been charged with a Category B offence.

Prior to making any decisions, VIT will provide the person with an opportunity to provide further information and documentation relating to the Category B offence.