Working with Children Legislation (Indigenous Communities) Amendment Bill 2017* (Qld)

An Act to amend the Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Act 2000, and the Acts mentioned in schedule 1, to allow for particular persons to provide services involving children in particular indigenous communities The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Working with Children Legislation (Indigenous Communities) Amendment Act 2017.

Part 2 Amendment of Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Act 2000

2 Act amended This part amends the Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Act 2000.

3 Amendment of s 195 (Person holding negative notice or negative exemption notice not to apply for, or start or continue in, regulated employment etc.) Section 195— insert— (4) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person in relation to a community area application for a community area, or regulated employment in a community area, if the current negative notice or current negative exemption notice was not issued for a community area application for the community area.

4 Amendment of s 200 (Form of application) Section 200(2)— insert— (f) stating whether the application is for, or includes an application for, a restricted positive notice for 1 or more stated community areas; and (g) for an application mentioned in paragraph (f), the employee's consent to the chief executive giving documents and information about the employee to the community justice group for each community area to which the application relates, as provided for under division 9A.

5 Amendment of s 212 (Form of application) Section 212(2)— insert— (d) stating whether the application is for, or includes an application for, a restricted positive notice for 1 or more stated community areas; and (e) for an application mentioned in paragraph (d), the applicant's consent to the chief executive giving documents and information about the applicant to the community justice group for each community area to which the application relates, as provided for under division 9A.