152CInternal review

152C Internal review

152C Internal review

(1) A child safe organisation that is issued a compliance notice may, within 28 days of receiving the notice, request the Children’s Guardian to review the decision to issue the notice.

(2) The Children’s Guardian must comply with a request made under subsection (1) unless, in the opinion of the Children’s Guardian, the request is frivolous or vexatious.

(3) An organisation that requests a review may provide the Children’s Guardian with the information the organisation considers relevant to the review.

(4) An organisation that requests a review is not required to comply with the notice while the review is underway.

(5) Following a review, the Children’s Guardian may—

(a) confirm the decision to issue the compliance notice, or

(b) withdraw the compliance notice.

(6) If the review confirms the decision to issue the compliance notice, the Children’s Guardian must give the organisation a reasonable time to comply with the notice, being a period of not less than 28 days after the compliance notice is given to the organisation.

(7) If, following the review, the Children’s Guardian withdraws the notice, the notice may be reissued—

(a) in substantially the same form, or

(b) in a different form.

s 152C: Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[12].