Child Protection (Working with Children) Amendment (Compliance Period) Regulation 2018 (NSW)

New South Wales

Child Protection (Working with Children)

Amendment (Compliance Period) Regulation

2018

under the

Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following

Regulation under the Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012.

PRU GOWARD, MP

Minister for Family and Community Services

Explanatory note

The object of this Regulation is to extend from 31 March 2018 to 30 June 2018 the date from which workers engaged in a certain category of child-related work are required to comply with Division 2 (Mandatory requirements for child-related work) of Part 2 of the Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012.

This Regulation is made under the Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012, including section 52
(the general regulation-making power) and clause 1 of Schedule 3.

Child Protection (Working with Children) Amendment (Compliance Period) Regulation 2018 [NSW]

Child Protection (Working with Children) Amendment

(Compliance Period) Regulation 2018

under the

Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Child Protection (Working with Children) Amendment
(Compliance Period) Regulation 2018.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.

3 Amendment of Child Protection (Working with Children) Regulation 2013

(1) Schedule 1 Savings and transitional provisions

Omit clause 2 (7) (a) (xi).

(2)	Schedule 1, clause 2 (7A)
Insert after clause 2 (7):

(7A)	1 April 2017 to 30 June 2018 compliance period
On and from 30 June 2018, workers engaged in the following category of child-related work are required to comply with Division 2 of Part 2 of the Act:

children’s health services—hospitals and public health
services

work specified in clause 6 of this Regulation in hospitals and public health services provided by the Ambulance Service of New South Wales.