New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CHILDREN'S GUARDIAN ACT 2019 - SECT 138

138 Annual reports to Parliament

(1) The Children's Guardian must--

(a) prepare, within the period of 4 months after 30 June in each year, a report about the Children's Guardian's operations during the year ending on 30 June, and

(b) give the report to the Presiding Officer of each House of Parliament.

(2) A report by the Children's Guardian under this section must include the following--

(a) a description of the activities of the Children's Guardian in relation to the functions of the Children's Guardian,

(b) details of each exemption given under section 30,

(c) any recommendations for changes in the laws of the State, or for administrative action, the Children's Guardian considers should be made as a result of the exercise of the functions of the Children's Guardian,

(d) an evaluation of the response of relevant entities to the recommendations of the Children's Guardian,

(e) a description of matters relating to reportable conduct, including trends, investigations and reports,

(f) a description of the work and activities of Official Community Visitors, including information about--

(i) the number of referrals made by the Children's Guardian under section 150, and

(ii) the outcome of an investigation by the Children's Guardian arising from a report by an Official Community Visitor,

(g) the number of investigations or determinations, in relation to reportable allegations or reportable convictions, that have not been completed by a relevant entity or the Children's Guardian within 6 months after the commencement of the investigation or determination,

(h) the number of persons on the residential care workers register kept under section 85(1)(b) who have a reportable conduct flag noted, if the investigation or determination has not been completed by a relevant entity or the Children's Guardian within 6 months after the commencement of the investigation or determination,

(i) copies of policies and procedures to be adopted by the Children's Guardian, in relation to the exercise of the Children's Guardian's functions under this Act or another Act, and information about how perceived or actual conflicts of interest associated with the exercise of the functions are to be minimised or removed.

(3) Despite subsection (2), the report on the work and activities of Official Community Visitors may be a separate annual report.