(1)

The Attorney-General of the Commonwealth may designate a person, in writing, as a State central authority of a State for the purpose of these Regulations.

(2) A person designated must be:

(a)

the State Minister administering the laws of that State relating to the care and protection of children; or

(b)

a person holding, or for the time being performing the duties of, an office, in the department or service responsible for the administration of the care and protection of children in the State, that supervises the conduct of that care and protection.

(3)

A designation may be expressed to have effect only in the circumstances mentioned in the instrument of designation.

(4)

As soon as practicable after the Attorney-General designates a State central authority, the Attorney-General must publish a notice of the designation in the Gazette .

(5)

In this regulation, State Minister means a Minister of the Crown for the State.