Working with Children (Indigenous Communities) Amendment Bill 2021* (Qld)

An Act to amend the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities (Justice, Land and Other Matters) Act 1984 and the Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Act 2000 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 (Indigenous Communities) Amendment Act 2021.

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 176L (Application by negative notice holder prohibited) Section 176L— insert— (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person in relation to a community area application for a community area if the negative notice was not issued for a community area application for the community area.

4 Amendment of s 187A (Application combined with disability worker screening application) Section 187A(1)— omit, insert— (1) A person (an applicant) may combine either of the following with a disability worker screening application— (a) an application mentioned in section 187(1), other than a community area application; (b) an application mentioned in section 187(2).

5 Amendment of s 188 (Form of application) Section 188(3)— insert— (ba) to state whether the application is for a restricted working with children clearance for 1 or more stated community areas; and (bb) if the application is for a working with children clearance mentioned in paragraph (ba)—to 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; and