Child Safety Reform Implementation Monitor Regulations 2024 (Tas)

Child Safety Reform Implementation Monitor Regulations 2024

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Child Safety Reform Implementation Monitor Act 2024 .

28 October 2024

B. BAKER

Governor

By Her Excellency's Command,

GUY BARNETT

Minister for Justice

1. Short title These regulations may be cited as the Child Safety Reform Implementation Monitor Regulations 2024 .

2. Commencement These regulations take effect on the day on which the Child Safety Reform Implementation Monitor Act 2024 commences.

3. Interpretation In these regulations – Act means the Child Safety Reform Implementation Monitor Act 2024 ; criminal history has the same meaning as in the Registration to Work with Vulnerable People Act 2013 .

4. Registration and other requirements for Implementation Monitor (1) For the purposes of section 6(2)(d) of the Act, the prescribed registration that must be held by a person recommended for appointment as the Implementation Monitor is – (a) registration under the Registration to Work with Vulnerable People Act 2013 in a category of registration referred to, under that Act, as child-related activity; or (b) registration under a corresponding law, within the meaning of that Act, if – (i) the person has applied for registration under the Registration to Work with Vulnerable People Act 2013 in a category of registration referred to, under that Act, as child-related activity; and (ii) the application under the Registration to Work with Vulnerable People Act 2013 has not yet been determined or withdrawn; and (iii) any previous application by the person for registration under the Registration to Work with Vulnerable People Act 2013 has not been refused. (2) For the purposes of section 6(2)(d) of the Act, the prescribed checks to be completed satisfactorily in respect of a person recommended for appointment as the Implementation Monitor are the following checks: (a) a check of the criminal history of the person; (b) a check into whether the person has been subject to any disciplinary action for misconduct at each place of previous employment, for the person, that is specified by the Minister as being relevant to the person's appointment as the Implementation Monitor; (c) a check of documentation that verifies the identity of the person.