Part 1Preliminary1Short titleThis regulation may be cited as the Child Safe Organisations Regulation 2025.2Commencement(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 2Sector regulators3Prescribed 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 3Amendment of this regulationDivision 1Preliminary4Regulation amendedThis part amends this regulation.Division 2Amendments commencing on 1 January 2026 5Amendment of sch 1 (Sector regulators for child safe entities)(1)Schedule 1, before section 1—insert—1AA Accommodation and residential servicesFor 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.

1AB Early childhood education and care servicesFor 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.

(2)Schedule 1, after section 2—insert—2AEducation servicesFor 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.

2BHealth servicesFor 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.

(3)Schedule 1, after section 3—insert—3ACommunity servicesFor 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.

(4)Schedule 1, sections 1AA to 4—renumber as schedule 1, sections 1 to 9.Division 3Amendments commencing on 1 April 20266Amendment of sch 1 (Sector regulators for child safe entities)(1)Schedule 1, after section 1—insert—1AReligious bodiesFor 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—7AServices or activities provided primarily for childrenFor 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.

7BCommercial services for childrenFor 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.7CTransport or transport-related servicesFor 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 1Sector regulators for child safe entitiessection 31Child protection servicesFor 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.

2Services for children with disabilityFor 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.

3Justice or detention servicesFor 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.

4Government entitiesFor 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.