Child Protection Reform Amendment Bill 2014 (Qld)

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Queensland

Child Protection Reform Amendment Bill 2014

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Queensland

Child Protection Reform Amendment

Bill 2014

Contents

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title

2 Commencement........... 0.00: c eee eee eee eee Part 2 Amendment of Child Protection Act 1999 3 Actamended .......... 0.0.0. eee

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Part 1AA Division 1 13A

13B 13C

13D Division 2 13E

13F

13G 13H

13J

Amendment of s 7 (Chief executive's functions).............. Amendment of s 10 (Who is a child in need of protection). ..... Insertion of new ch 2, pt1AA....... 0... eee cee

Informing the chief executive about harm or risk of harm to children

General Action by persons generally.................... Action by relevant persons under other provisions. . .

Considerations when forming a reasonable suspicion about harm toachild....................0000-

Protection from liability....................000. Mandatory reporting by particular persons

Mandatory reporting by persons engaged in particular WOK cette eee

Mandatory reporting relating to children in departmental or licensed care services...........

Report to the chief executive .................-.

Conferrals with colleague and related information Sharing wee eee eee

Reporting obligation arises when reportable suspicion is formed... 2... eee

Particular reports to be given to public guardian ....

7 Amendment of s 14 (Investigation of alleged harm)........... 1111 12 13 15 17 Child Protection Reform Amendment Bill 2014

Contents 8 Amendment, renumbering and relocation of s 22 (Protection from liability for notification of, or information given about, alleged harm orrisk Of harm)... 6... eee eee 18 9 Amendment of s 126 (Restrictions on granting application)... . . 19 10 Amendment of s 129A (Licensee's obligations) .............. 19 11 Amendment of s 139 (Authority may be suspended or cancelled) 19 12 Amendment of s 140AB (Definitions for sdiv 3) .............. 19 13 Amendment of s 140A (Chief executive to give particular information to children's commissioner) ..................4 20 14 Amendment of s 141H (Nominee for licence). ............... 20 15 Amendment of s 1411 (Director of licensee)................. 20 16 Amendment and omission of s 148 (Obligation to report harm to children in departmental and licensed care services) ......... 20 17 Amendment of s 148A (Chief executive to notify children's commissioner about particular persons) ................--. 21 18 Amendment of s 148B (Obtaining particular information from children's commissioner) ............00.00 eee eee eee eee 21 19 Amendment of ch 4, pt 3, hdg (Application of Commissioner's Act) 21 20 Amendment of s 148C (Application to licensed care service) .. . 22 21 Amendment of s 148D (Pending application for prescribed notice) 22 22 Amendment of s 159C (What is relevant information) ......... 22 23 Amendment of s 159D (Other definitions for ch 5A)........... 22 24 Amendment of s 1590 (Release of information by a health services designated person)............0 0... c eee eee eee eee 23 25 Amendment of s 186 (Confidentiality of notifiers of harm or risk Ofharm) we eee eee 23 26 Amendment of s 197 (Protection from liability)............... 23 27 Amendment of ch 7A, hdg (Child deaths) .................. 23 28 Insertion of new ch 7A, pt1,hdg..........-...-.0 eee eee 23 Part 1 Child death and other case reviews 29 Replacement of s 246A (Chief executive to review department's involvement with particular children) .....................-- 24 246AA PUrPOSE «1... eee eee 24 246A Chief executive to review department's involvement with particular children............0........0.0000. 24 30 Amendment of s 246B (Terms of reference and extent of review) 25 31 Amendment of s 246C (Chief executive may seek information from entities)... eee eee 26 32 Replacement of s 246D (Report to be prepared and given to CDCRC) — ce eee eee 26