New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CHILDREN'S GUARDIAN ACT 2019 - SECT 8AC

8AC Oversight by Committee on Children and Young People

(1) The Committee on Children and Young People has the following functions under this Part--

(a) to monitor and review the functions of the Children's Guardian in--

(i) overseeing the implementation of the Child Safe Standards by child safe organisations,

(ii) the enforcement of the Child Safe Standards within child safe organisations,

(iii) establishing child safe action plans with prescribed agencies,

(b) to review the activities of the Children's Guardian for consistency with the Royal Commission recommendations,

(c) to review guidelines issued by the Minister under section 8AB(1) for consistency with the Royal Commission recommendations,

(d) to report to both Houses of Parliament, with such comments as it thinks fit, on any matter which the Committee considers should be brought to the attention of Parliament relating to the following--

(i) the exercise of the Children's Guardian's functions specified in paragraphs (a) and (b),

(ii) guidelines issued by the Minister under section 8AB(1).

(2) In this section--

"Committee on Children and Young People" means the Parliamentary Joint Committee constituted under section 36(1) of the Advocate for Children and Young People Act 2014 .