Child Protection Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2003 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 2003 No. 289 Child Protection Act 1999 CHILD PROTECTION AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 2) 2003 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Amendment of s 9 (Suitable person—Act, sch 3, definition “suitable person”) ............................................... 2

s1 2 s3 Child Protection Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2003 No. 289, 2003 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Child Protection Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2003 . 2 Regulation amended This regulation amends the Child Protection Regulation 2000. 3 Amendment of s 9 (Suitable person—Act, sch 3, definition “suitable person”) (1) Section 9(4)— renumber as section 9(8). (2) Section 9(3)— omit, insert — ‘ (3) A person is a suitable person for managing a licensed care service if the person— (a) does not pose a risk to the safety of children who, under the Act, are in the care of the service; and (b) is willing and able to manage the service in a way that— (i) ensures the provision of care complies with the statement of standards; and (ii) implements the methods mentioned in section 126(d) 1 of the Act; and (c) understands, and is committed to, the principles for administering the Act. ‘ (4) A person is a suitable person to be a director of an applicant for a licence or a director of a licensee for a licensed care service if the person— (a) does not pose a risk to the safety of children who, under the Act, are in the care of the service; and (b) is willing and able to manage the service, or ensure the service is managed, in a way that ensures the provision of care by the service complies with the statement of standards; and 1 Section 126 (Restrictions on granting application) of the Act

s3 3 s3 Child Protection Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2003 No. 289, 2003 (c) understands, and is committed to, the principles for administering the Act. ‘ (5) A person is a suitable person to be a nominee for a licence if the person— (a) does not pose a risk to the safety of children who, under the Act, are in the care of the service operated under the licence; and (b) is willing and able to fulfil the responsibilities of a nominee for a licence under section 130(1) 2 of the Act. ‘ (6) Subsection (7) applies to a person who is engaged in relation to the provision of care services by a licensed care service but who does not have the daily care of a child. ‘ (7) The person is suitable to be engaged in relation to the provision of care services by the licensed care service if the person does not pose a risk to the safety of children who, under the Act, are in the care of the service.’. (3) Section 9— insert — ‘ (9) In this section— “have the daily care of a child” means— (a) have the daily care, as a carer, of a child; or (b) be engaged in the direct care of a child in a licensed care service.’. ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 20 November 2003. 2. Notified in the gazette on 21 November 2003. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Families. © State of Queensland 2003 2 Section 130 (Nominees) of the Act