Child Safe Organisations Act 2024 Child Safe Organisations Regulation 2025Part 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.Schedule 1Sector regulators for child safe entitiessection 31 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 Check 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 sch 1 s 1AA) ins 2025 SL No. 126 s 5(1)renum 2025 SL No. 126 s 5(4)amd 2025 SL No. 126 s 6(3)2Religious 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.sch 1 s 2 (prev sch 1 s 1A) ins 2025 SL No. 126 s 6(1)renum 2025 SL No. 126 s 6(4)3Early 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 Check 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 3 (prev sch 1 s 2 (orig sch 1 s 1AB)) ins 2025 SL No. 126 s 5(1)renum 2025 SL No. 126 s 5(4)amd 2025 SL No. 126 s 6(3)renum 2025 SL No. 126 s 6(4)4Child 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 Check Act 2000 is administered.

sch 1 s 4 (prev sch 1 s 3 (orig sch 1 s 1)) renum 2025 SL No. 126 s 5(4)amd 2025 SL No. 126 s 6(3)renum 2025 SL No. 126 s 6(4)5Services 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 Check Act 2000 is administered.

sch 1 s 5 (prev sch 1 s 4 (orig sch 1 s 2)) renum 2025 SL No. 126 s 5(4)amd 2025 SL No. 126 s 6(3)renum 2025 SL No. 126 s 6(4)6Education 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 Check 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 6 (prev sch 1 s 5 (orig sch 1 s 2A)) ins 2025 SL No. 126 s 5(2)renum 2025 SL No. 126 s 5(4)amd 2025 SL No. 126 s 6(3)renum 2025 SL No. 126 s 6(4)7Health 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 Check Act 2000 is administered;

(d)the health ombudsman under the Health Ombudsman Act 2013.

sch 1 s 7 (prev sch 1 s 6 (orig sch 1 s 2B)) ins 2025 SL No. 126 s 5(2)renum 2025 SL No. 126 s 5(4)amd 2025 SL No. 126 s 6(3)renum 2025 SL No. 126 s 6(4)8Justice 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 Check Act 2000 is administered;

(b)the department in which the Youth Justice Act 1992 is administered.

sch 1 s 8 (prev sch 1 s 7 (orig sch 1 s 3)) renum 2025 SL No. 126 s 5(4)amd 2025 SL No. 126 s 6(3)renum 2025 SL No. 126 s 6(4)9Services 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.

sch 1 s 9 (prev sch 1 s 7A) ins 2025 SL No. 126 s 6(2)renum 2025 SL No. 126 s 6(4)10Commercial 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.sch 1 s 10 (prev sch 1 s 7B) ins 2025 SL No. 126 s 6(2)renum 2025 SL No. 126 s 6(4)11Transport 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.sch 1 s 11 (prev sch 1 s 7C) ins 2025 SL No. 126 s 6(2)renum 2025 SL No. 126 s 6(4)12Community 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 Check Act 2000 is administered.

sch 1 s 12 (prev sch 1 s 8 (orig sch 1 s 3B)) ins 2025 SL No. 126 s 5(3)renum 2025 SL No. 126 s 5(4)amd 2025 SL No. 126 s 6(3)renum 2025 SL No. 126 s 6(4)13Government entitiesFor a child safe entity mentioned in schedule 1, section 13 of the Act, the department in which the Working with Children Check Act 2000 is administered is prescribed as a sector regulator.sch 1 s 13 (prev sch 1 s 9 (orig sch 1 s 4)) renum 2025 SL No. 126 s 5(4)amd 2025 SL No. 126 s 6(3)renum 2025 SL No. 126 s 6(4)