Child Protection Regulation 2023 (Qld)

Child Protection Regulation 2023

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Child Protection Regulation 2023.

2 Commencement This regulation commences on 1 September 2023.

3 Definitions The dictionary in schedule 3 defines particular words used in this regulation.

Part 2 Protection of children—mandatory reporting

4 Information to be included in reports— Act , s 13G For section 13G(2)(b) of the Act, the following information is prescribed— (a) the child's name, age and sex descriptor; (b) details of how to contact the child; Examples of how to contact a child— • the address at which the child usually lives • the name and address of the school the child attends (c) details of the harm to which the reportable suspicion relates; (d) particulars of the identity of the person suspected of causing the child to have suffered, suffer, or be at risk of suffering, the harm to which the reportable suspicion relates; (e) particulars of the identity of any other person who may be able to give information about the harm to which the reportable suspicion relates.

Part 3 Placing child in care

5 Agreement to provide care for child— Act , s 84 (1) For section 84(2) of the Act, the following terms are prescribed— (a) the time for which the agreement is to have effect; (b) the time for which it is intended that the approved carer will care for the child; (c) information, from any case plan the chief executive prepares for the child, about matters involving or affecting the approved carer; (d) if a notice provision applies in relation to the child— (i) whether the chief executive has complied, or intends to comply, with the notice provision; and (ii) if the chief executive has complied, or intends to comply, with the notice provision—the information given, or intended to be given, to the child's parents under the notice provision; (e) arrangements for contact between the child and the child's parents or other members of the child's family, including, for example, the child's transport arrangements; (f) the responsibilities of the chief executive and of the approved carer in the provision of dental, medical, therapeutic, schooling and other services to the child; (g) information about any special needs of the child, including information about— (i) any special health needs; and (ii) any special behavioural management needs; and (iii) the resources needed to meet the special needs; (h) the amounts to be paid to the approved carer for the child's care and maintenance; (i) arrangements for ensuring the child's connection with the child's culture of origin; (j) for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child—arrangements for ensuring the development and maintenance of a connection of the child with the child's family, community, language and— (i) for an Aboriginal child—Aboriginal tradition; or (ii) for a Torres Strait Islander child—Island custom. (2) In this section— notice provision means section 85(2) or 86(2) of the Act.