An Act to amend the Child Protection Act 1999 for particular purposes The Parliament of Queensland enacts— 1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Child Protection (Mandatory Reporting—Mason's Law) Amendment Act 2016 . 2 Commencement This Act commences on 1 January 2017. 3 Act amended This Act amends the Child Protection Act 1999 . 4 Amendment of s 13E (Mandatory reporting by persons engaged in particular work) (1) Section 13E(1)— insert— (f) an individual who is— (i) a Queensland approved provider under the ECS Act; or (ii) an approved provider under the ECS National Law; (g) a supervisor for, or a staff member who holds an approved qualification of, a QEC service under the ECS Act; (h) the nominated supervisor, or a staff member who holds an approved qualification, of an education and care service under the ECS National Law. (2) Section 13E— insert— (4) In this section— approved qualification means— (a) an approved certificate III level education and care qualification under the Education and Care Services National Regulations , section 4; or (b) a higher qualification. ECS Act means the Education and Care Services Act 2013 . ECS National Law means the Education and Care Services National Law (Queensland).