41KReport of compliance by relevant entities with Child Safe Standards

41K Report of compliance by relevant entities with Child Safe Standards

S. 41K(1) substituted by No. 23/2021 s. 49(1), amended by No. 58/2025 s. 46(1)(a).

(1) An annual report of the operations of the Social Services Regulator prepared for the purposes of section 45 of the Financial Management Act 1994 must include, for the financial year to which the report of operations relates—

S. 41K(1)(a) amended by No. 58/2025 s. 46(1)(a).

(a) details of the activities engaged in by the Social Services Regulator to provide education, information and advice on the Child Safe Standards throughout Victoria; and

(b) details of compliance by relevant entities throughout Victoria with the Child Safe Standards and this Part; and

S. 41K(1)(c) amended by No. 58/2025 s. 46(1)(a)(b).

(c) details of the activities engaged in by the Social Services Regulator to monitor or enforce compliance with the Child Safe Standards or this Part by the relevant entities for which the Social Services Regulator is an integrated sector regulator; and

S. 41K(1)(d) amended by No. 58/2025 s. 46(1)(c).

(d) details of the activities engaged in under this Part by sector regulators and by other integrated sector regulators to monitor or enforce compliance with the Child Safe Standards or this Part by relevant entities; and

S. 41K(1)(e) amended by No. 58/2025 s. 46(1)(a)(d).

(e) any activities engaged in by the Social Services Regulator to promote consistency in child safety outcomes and consistency between monitoring and enforcement activities engaged in by the Social Services Regulator, sector regulators and other integrated sector regulators.

S. 41K(2) amended by Nos 23/2021 s. 49(2), 58/2025 s. 46(2).

(2) The Social Services Regulator must give a further report, and sector regulators and other integrated sector regulators must give a report, of the details of compliance by relevant entities with the Child Safe Standards and this Part to the Minister and the Secretary to the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing at any time required by the Minister or the Secretary.

S. 41K(3) amended by No. 23/2021 s. 49(3).

(3) A section of an annual report or any other report prepared in accordance with subsection (1) or (2) must include the following details (as applicable) in relation to the reporting period—

(a) the number of notices to produce that were given;

(b) the number of notices to comply that were given;

S. 41K(3)(ba) inserted by No. 23/2021 s. 49(4).

(ba) the number of enforceable undertakings accepted;

S. 41K(3)(bb) inserted by No. 23/2021 s. 49(4).