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Public Guardian Act 2014
sec.70Reports by community visitors (child)
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### sec.70 Reports by community visitors (child)
As soon as practicable after visiting a child under care staying at a visitable home or a child staying at a visitable site, a community visitor (child) must—
prepare a report on the visit; and
give a copy of the report to the public guardian.
If the visitor entered a visitable site outside normal hours, the visitor must state the authority for the entry in the report.
So far as the public guardian considers appropriate, the public guardian may give a copy of a report about a visit to a child under care staying at a visitable home, or information from the report, to any of the following entities—
the chief executive (child safety);
the chief executive of a department responsible for providing services to the child who is a subject of the report;
a carer of the child;
a service provider, holding a licence to provide care services under the Child Protection Act , involved in the placement of the child in the home;
the child.
So far as the public guardian considers appropriate, the public guardian may give a copy of a report about a visit to a child staying at a visitable site, or information from the report, to any of the following entities—
a person in charge of the site;
a government service provider responsible for regulating the site;
the chief executive officer of an entity responsible for operating the site;
the chief executive of a department responsible for providing funding or services to the site;
the chief executive of a department responsible for providing services to children staying at the site;
the chief psychiatrist under the Mental Health Act 2016 ;
the child;
the NDIS commissioner.
s 70 amd 2016 No. 5 s 923 sch 4 ; 2019 No. 19 s 70
(sec.70-ssec.1) As soon as practicable after visiting a child under care staying at a visitable home or a child staying at a visitable site, a community visitor (child) must— prepare a report on the visit; and give a copy of the report to the public guardian.
(sec.70-ssec.2) If the visitor entered a visitable site outside normal hours, the visitor must state the authority for the entry in the report.
(sec.70-ssec.3) So far as the public guardian considers appropriate, the public guardian may give a copy of a report about a visit to a child under care staying at a visitable home, or information from the report, to any of the following entities— the chief executive (child safety); the chief executive of a department responsible for providing services to the child who is a subject of the report; a carer of the child; a service provider, holding a licence to provide care services under the Child Protection Act , involved in the placement of the child in the home; the child.
(sec.70-ssec.4) So far as the public guardian considers appropriate, the public guardian may give a copy of a report about a visit to a child staying at a visitable site, or information from the report, to any of the following entities— a person in charge of the site; a government service provider responsible for regulating the site; the chief executive officer of an entity responsible for operating the site; the chief executive of a department responsible for providing funding or services to the site; the chief executive of a department responsible for providing services to children staying at the site; the chief psychiatrist under the Mental Health Act 2016 ; the child; the NDIS commissioner.
- (a) prepare a report on the visit; and
- (b) give a copy of the report to the public guardian.
- (a) the chief executive (child safety);
- (b) the chief executive of a department responsible for providing services to the child who is a subject of the report;
- (c) a carer of the child;
- (d) a service provider, holding a licence to provide care services under the Child Protection Act , involved in the placement of the child in the home;
- (e) the child.
- (a) a person in charge of the site;
- (b) a government service provider responsible for regulating the site;
- (c) the chief executive officer of an entity responsible for operating the site;
- (d) the chief executive of a department responsible for providing funding or services to the site;
- (e) the chief executive of a department responsible for providing services to children staying at the site;
- (f) the chief psychiatrist under the Mental Health Act 2016 ;
- (g) the child;
- (h) the NDIS commissioner.