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Child Protection Act 1999
sec.159GChief executive’s responsibilities
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### sec.159G Chief executive’s responsibilities
The chief executive is responsible for—
ensuring ways exist to coordinate the roles and responsibilities of the chief executive, authorised officers, prescribed entities and service providers in promoting the protection of children, child protection services and family support services; and
establishing ways to coordinate the roles and responsibilities of the chief executive, authorised officers, prescribed entities and service providers relating to—
investigating and assessing particular cases of harm to children; and
taking action to secure the protection of children and promote their wellbeing.
One of the ways in which the chief executive is to fulfil the responsibility under subsection (1) (b) is by establishing and participating in the SCAN system under part 3 .
s 159G ins 2004 No. 36 s 24
amd 2010 No. 33 s 73 ; 2017 No. 44 s 56
(sec.159G-ssec.1) The chief executive is responsible for— ensuring ways exist to coordinate the roles and responsibilities of the chief executive, authorised officers, prescribed entities and service providers in promoting the protection of children, child protection services and family support services; and establishing ways to coordinate the roles and responsibilities of the chief executive, authorised officers, prescribed entities and service providers relating to— investigating and assessing particular cases of harm to children; and taking action to secure the protection of children and promote their wellbeing.
(sec.159G-ssec.2) One of the ways in which the chief executive is to fulfil the responsibility under subsection (1) (b) is by establishing and participating in the SCAN system under part 3 .
- (a) ensuring ways exist to coordinate the roles and responsibilities of the chief executive, authorised officers, prescribed entities and service providers in promoting the protection of children, child protection services and family support services; and
- (b) establishing ways to coordinate the roles and responsibilities of the chief executive, authorised officers, prescribed entities and service providers relating to— (i) investigating and assessing particular cases of harm to children; and (ii) taking action to secure the protection of children and promote their wellbeing.
- (i) investigating and assessing particular cases of harm to children; and
- (ii) taking action to secure the protection of children and promote their wellbeing.
- (i) investigating and assessing particular cases of harm to children; and
- (ii) taking action to secure the protection of children and promote their wellbeing.