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act-2024-049
Child Safe Organisations Act 2024
2036-09-01T00:00:00+10:00
2026-01-01T00:00:00+10:00
sl-2025-0126
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Department of Families, Seniors, Disability Services and Child Safety
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reprint
2026-01-01
website
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Child Safe Organisations Regulation 2025
2025
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Child Safe Organisations Regulation 2025
Part 1
Preliminary
1
Short title
This regulation may be cited as the Child Safe Organisations Regulation 2025.
2
Commencement
(1)
Part 2 and schedule 1 commence on 1 October 2025.
(2)
Part 3, divisions 1 and 2 commence on 1 January 2026.
(3)
Part 3, division 3 commences on 1 April 2026.
Part 2
Sector regulators
3
Prescribed sector regulators—Act, s 6
(1)
Schedule 1 prescribes, for section 6(a)(ii) of the Act, sector regulators for child safe entities.
(2)
However, an entity is prescribed as a sector regulator for a child safe entity under subsection (1) only to the extent that the entity is responsible for regulating the child safe entity.
Part 3
Amendment of this regulation
Division 1
Preliminary
4
Regulation amended
This part amends this regulation.
Division 3
Amendments commencing on 1 April 2026
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Amendment of sch 1 (Sector regulators for child safe entities)
(1)
Schedule 1, after section 1—
insert—
1A
Religious bodies
For a child safe entity mentioned in schedule 1, section 2 of the Act, the department in which the Working with Children Check Act 2000 is administered is prescribed as a sector regulator.
(2)
Schedule 1, after section 7—
insert—
7A
Services or activities provided primarily for children
For a child safe entity mentioned in schedule 1, section 9 of the Act, each of the following is prescribed as a sector regulator—
(a)
the department in which the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 is administered;
(b)
the department in which the Working with Children Check Act 2000 is administered.
7B
Commercial services for children
For a child safe entity mentioned in schedule 1, section 10 of the Act, the department in which the Working with Children Check Act 2000 is administered is prescribed as a sector regulator.
7C
Transport or transport-related services
For a child safe entity mentioned in schedule 1, section 11 of the Act, the department in which the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 is administered is prescribed as a sector regulator.
(3)
Schedule 1, ‘Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Act 2000’—
omit, insert—
Working with Children Check Act 2000
(4)
Schedule 1, sections 1A to 9—
renumber as schedule 1, sections 2 to 13.
Schedule 1
Sector regulators for child safe entities
section 3
1
Accommodation and residential services
For a child safe entity mentioned in schedule 1, section 1 of the Act, each of the following is prescribed as a sector regulator—
(a)
the department in which the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 is administered;
(b)
the department in which the Housing Act 2003 is administered;
(c)
the department in which the Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Act 2000 is administered;
(d)
the Non-State Schools Accreditation Board under the Education (Accreditation of Non-State Schools) Act 2017, section 97;
(e)
the registrar under the Housing Act 2003.
sch 1 s 1 (prev s 1AA) ins 2025 SL No. 126s 5(1)
renum 2025 SL No. 126s 5(4)
2
Early childhood education and care services
For a child safe entity mentioned in schedule 1, section 3 of the Act, each of the following is prescribed as a sector regulator—
(a)
the department in which the Education and Care Services Act 2013 is administered;
(b)
the department in which the Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Act 2000 is administered;
(c)
the regulatory authority declared under the Education and Care Services National Law (Queensland) Act 2011, section 14.
sch 1 s 2 (prev s 1AB) ins 2025 SL No. 126s 5(1)
renum 2025 SL No. 126s 5(4)
3
Child protection services
For a child safe entity mentioned in schedule 1, section 4 of the Act, each of the following is prescribed as a sector regulator—
(a)
the department in which the Child Protection Act 1999 is administered;
(b)
the department in which the Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Act 2000 is administered.
sch 1 s 3 (prev s 1) renum 2025 SL No. 126s 5(4)
4
Services for children with disability
For a child safe entity mentioned in schedule 1, section 5 of the Act, each of the following is prescribed as a sector regulator—
(a)
the department in which the Disability Services Act 2006 is administered;
(b)
the department in which the Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Act 2000 is administered.
sch 1 s 4 (prev s 2) renum 2025 SL No. 126s 5(4)
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Education services
For a child safe entity mentioned in schedule 1, section 6 of the Act, each of the following is prescribed as a sector regulator—
(a)
the department in which the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 is administered;
(b)
the department in which the Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Act 2000 is administered;
(c)
the Non-State Schools Accreditation Board under the Education (Accreditation of Non-State Schools) Act 2017, section 97;
(d)
the Queensland College of Teachers established under the Education (Queensland College of Teachers) Act 2005, section 229.
sch 1 s 5 (prev s 2A) ins 2025 SL No. 126s 5(2)
renum 2025 SL No. 126s 5(4)
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Health services
For a child safe entity mentioned in schedule 1, section 7 of the Act, each of the following is prescribed as a sector regulator—
(a)
the department in which the Child Protection Act 1999 is administered;
(b)
the department in which the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011 is administered;
(c)
the department in which the Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Act 2000 is administered;
(d)
the health ombudsman under the Health Ombudsman Act 2013.
sch 1 s 6 (prev s 2B) ins 2025 SL No. 126s 5(2)
renum 2025 SL No. 126s 5(4)
7
Justice or detention services
For a child safe entity mentioned in schedule 1, section 8 of the Act, each of the following is prescribed as a sector regulator—
(a)
the department in which the Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Act 2000 is administered;
(b)
the department in which the Youth Justice Act 1992 is administered.
sch 1 s 7 (prev s 3) renum 2025 SL No. 126s 5(4)
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Community services
For a child safe entity mentioned in schedule 1, section 12 of the Act, each of the following is prescribed as a sector regulator—
(a)
the department in which the Child Protection Act 1999 is administered;
(b)
the department in which the Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Act 2000 is administered.
sch 1 s 8 (prev s 3B) ins 2025 SL No. 126s 5(3)
renum 2025 SL No. 126s 5(4)
9
Government entities
For a child safe entity mentioned in schedule 1, section 13 of the Act, the department in which the Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Act 2000 is administered is prescribed as a sector regulator.
sch 1 s 9 (prev s 4) renum 2025 SL No. 126s 5(4)