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Care and Protection of Children Act 2007
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210 Functions of Committee
The Committee has the following functions:
(a) to establish and maintain the Child Deaths Register;
(b) to conduct or sponsor research into child deaths, diseases
and accidents involving children, and other related matters
(such as childhood morbidity and mortality), whether alone or
with others;
(c) to raise public awareness about a matter mentioned in
paragraph (b), including, for example, any of the following:
(i) the death rate of children;
(ii) the causes and nature of child deaths and of diseases
and accidents involving children;
(iii) the prevention or reduction of such deaths, diseases and
accidents;
(d) to make recommendations about a matter mentioned in
paragraph (b);
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(e) to monitor the implementation of the recommendations;
(f) to contribute to any national database on child deaths in
Australia;
(g) to enter into an arrangement for the sharing of information with
anyone in Australia that has functions similar to those of the
Committee;
(h) to perform any other functions relating to the object of this
Part as the Minister directs.