Child Wellbeing and Safety Amendment (Child Safe Standards Integrated Sector Regulators) Regulations 2024 (Vic)

Child Wellbeing and Safety Amendment (Child Safe Standards Integrated Sector Regulators) Regulations 2024

S.R. No. 16/2024

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Regulation  Page

1Objective

2Authorising provision

3Commencement

4Prescribed sector regulators in relation to relevant entities

5New regulation 7B inserted

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Endnotes

STATUTORY RULES 2024

S.R. No. 16/2024

Child Wellbeing and Safety Act 2005

Child Wellbeing and Safety Amendment (Child Safe Standards Integrated Sector Regulators) Regulations 2024

The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:

Dated: 26 March 2024

Responsible Minister:

LIZZIE BLANDTHORN
Minister for Children

ANGELA SMITH

Clerk of the Executive Council

1Objective

The objective of these Regulations is to amend the Child Wellbeing and Safety Regulations 2017—

(a)to prescribe an integrated sector regulator for specified relevant entities for the purposes of section 25F of the Child Wellbeing and Safety Act 2005; and

(b)to revoke regulation 7A(c).

2Authorising provision

These Regulations are made under section 47 of the Child Wellbeing and Safety Act 2005.

3Commencement

These Regulations come into operation on 1 July 2024.

4Prescribed sector regulators in relation to relevant entities

In regulation 7A of the Child Wellbeing and Safety Regulations 2017[1]—

(a)in paragraph (b), for "Victoria; or" substitute "Victoria.";

(b)paragraph (c) is revoked.

5New regulation 7B inserted

After regulation 7A of the Child Wellbeing and Safety Regulations 2017 insert—

"7B   Prescribed integrated sector regulator in relation to relevant entities

(1)For the purposes of section 25F(1)(b) of the Act, the prescribed integrated sector regulator for the following relevant entities is the Social Services Regulator—

(a)a relevant entity referred to in item 22, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 39 or 40 of Schedule 1 to the Act;

(b)the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing.

(2)For the purposes of section 25G of the Act, the prescribed functions and powers of the Social Services Regulator are the functions and powers set out in section 14 of the Social Services Regulation Act 2021.".

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ENDNOTES

[1] Reg. 4: S.R. No. 62/2017 as amended by S.R. Nos 85/2019, 12/2020, 62/2021, 25/2022 and 118/2022.