210Functions of Committee

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);

Care and Protection of Children Act 2007 131 (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.