8VChildren’s Guardian may monitor implementation of Child Safe Standards

8V Children’s Guardian may monitor implementation of Child Safe Standards

8V Children’s Guardian may monitor implementation of Child Safe Standards

(1) In monitoring a child safe organisation’s implementation of the Child Safe Standards, the Children’s Guardian may do the following—

(a) review the organisation’s systems, processes and policies,

(b) request the head of the organisation to answer questions and provide specified information,

(c) review information held by the Children’s Guardian about the organisation and its employees,

(d) with the consent of the head of the organisation, have an authorised person inspect the organisation’s premises,

(e) direct the head of the organisation to complete a self-assessment of the organisation’s compliance with the Child Safe Standards,

(f) a thing prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section.

(2) If the Children’s Guardian directs the head of a child safe organisation to complete a self-assessment under subsection (1)(e), the head of the organisation must comply with the direction.

Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.

(3) A direction under subsection (1)(e) must—

(a) be in writing, and

(b) specify the form of the self-assessment, and

(c) specify the date, not less than 14 days after the date of the direction, by which the self-assessment must be completed and returned to the Children’s Guardian.

s 8V: Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[3].