Part 6Providing safe environments for children and young people

Part 6—Providing safe environments for children and young people 74—Certain organisations must have policies and procedures to ensure safe environments provided (1) A prescribed organisation must, in accordance with any requirements set out in the regulations, prepare or adopt policies and procedures of the following kinds: (a) policies and procedures that ensure that the requirements under Part 7 Division 1 are satisfied; (b) policies and procedures designed to ensure that safe environments for children and young people are established and maintained in respect of the services or activities provided or undertaken by the prescribed organisation; (c) policies and procedures designed to ensure that culturally safe environments for Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander children and young people are established and maintained in respect of the services or activities provided or undertaken by the prescribed organisation; (d) such other policies and procedures as may be required by the regulations. (2) A prescribed organisation may, in accordance with any requirements set out in the regulations, from time to time vary or substitute a policy or procedure required under subsection (1). (3) A prescribed organisation must, as soon as is reasonably practicable after preparing or adopting, or varying or substituting, the policies and procedures required under subsection (1), provide to the Chief Executive a statement— (a) certifying that the prescribed organisation has in place policies and procedures as required under that subsection; and (b) setting out any information required by the regulations. (4) A statement required under subsection (3) must— (a) be provided in a manner and form determined by the Chief Executive; and (b) if the Chief Executive so requires, be accompanied by a copy of each policy and procedure prepared or adopted under subsection (1) as varied or substituted from time to time; and (c) comply with any other requirements set out in the regulations. (5) A prescribed organisation must, at the request of a person in relation to whom the prescribed organisation provides, or is to provide, a service, or undertakes, or is to undertake, an activity, produce for inspection a copy of the policies and procedures prepared or adopted under subsection (1), as in force at the relevant time. (6) A prescribed organisation must, in accordance with any requirements set out in the regulations, review the policies and procedures prepared or adopted under subsection (1) at least once in every 5 year period. (7) A prescribed organisation must not refuse or fail to comply with a requirement under this section. prescribed organisation means— (a) a State authority; or (b) a person or body who provides a service or undertakes an activity that constitutes child‑related work within the meaning of the Child Safety (Prohibited Persons) Act 2016; or (c) any other person or body, or person or body of a class, prescribed by the regulations, but does not include a person or body, or person or body of a class, prescribed by the regulations to be excluded from this definition.