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FAMILY AND CHILD COMMISSION ACT 2014 - SCHEDULE 1

SCHEDULE 1 – Dictionary


"advisory council" means an advisory council established under section 30 .

"annual report" means an annual report prepared under the Financial Accountability Act 2009 , section 63 .

"board" means the Child Death Review Board established under section 29C .

"chairperson" , for part 3A , division 5 , see section 29N .

"child protection system"

(a) means—
(i) generally—the system of services provided by relevant agencies to children and young people in need of protection or at risk of harm; and
(ii) for part 3A —the system of services provided by relevant agencies and other entities to children and young people in need of protection or at risk of harm; and
(b) includes preventative and support services to strengthen and support families and prevent harm to children and young people.

"commission" means the Queensland Family and Child Commission established under section 6 .

"commissioner" means a commissioner appointed under section 11 (2) .

"complaints entity" means any of the following—
(a) the public guardian;
(b) the ombudsman;
(c) the human rights commissioner under the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 ;
(d) the Crime and Corruption Commission under the Crime and Corruption Act 2001 ;
(e) the Health Ombudsman.

"confidential information" includes information about a person’s affairs but does not include—
(a) information already publicly disclosed unless further disclosure of the information is prohibited by law; or
(b) statistical or other information that could not reasonably be expected to result in the identification of the person to whom the information relates.

"connected to the child protection system" , in relation to a child death, for part 3A , see section 29B .

"criminal history" , of a person, means—
(a) every conviction of the person for an offence, in Queensland or elsewhere, and whether before or after the commencement of this definition, including spent convictions; and
(b) every charge made against the person for an offence, in Queensland or elsewhere, and whether before or after the commencement of this definition; and
(c) every disqualification order made under the Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Act 2000 in relation to the person, whether before or after the commencement of this definition; and
(d) every disqualification order and offender prohibition order made under the Child Protection (Offender Reporting and Offender Prohibition Order) Act 2004 in relation to the person, whether before or after the commencement of this definition.

"education and care service" see the Education and Care Services National Law (Queensland) , section 5 (1) .

"harm" , to a child, see the Child Protection Act 1999 , section 9 .

"information" , for part 3A , division 5 , see section 29N .

"in need of protection" , for a child, see the Child Protection Act 1999 , section 10 , definition of
"child in need of protection" .

"internal agency review" see the Child Protection Act 1999 , section 245B .

"principal commissioner" means the principal commissioner appointed under section 11 (3) .

"public entity" means a public sector unit or relevant agency and includes the chief executive, however described, of a public sector unit or relevant agency.

"public guardian" means the public guardian under the Public Guardian Act 2014.

"register" means the child death register kept by the principal commissioner under section 25 .

"relevant agency" means any of the following—
(a) the public guardian;
(b) the ombudsman;
(ba) the human rights commissioner under the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 ;
(bb) the Domestic and Family Violence Death Review and Advisory Board under the Coroners Act 2003 ;
(c) the Queensland Police Service;
(d) the Director of Child Protection Litigation under the Director of Child Protection Litigation Act 2016 ;
(e) a public sector unit, government agency or publicly funded non-government agency that is mainly responsible for, or provides services or deals with complaints in relation to, any of the following matters—
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander policy or services
• administration of justice or legal services to children and young people
• care of children and young people
• child safety
• community services
• corrective services
• disability services
• education
• housing services
• public health.

"spent conviction" ...

"State employee" ...

"young person" means a person, at least 18 years but no more than 21 years, who is transitioning from being a child in care under the Child Protection Act 1999 to independence.



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