Queensland Numbered Acts

CHILD SAFE ORGANISATIONS ACT 2024 - SECT 18

18 Compliance notices

(1) This section applies if the commission believes a child safe entity is failing to implement or comply with the child safe standards or universal principle.

Example—

The commission may form a belief that a child safe entity is failing to implement the child safe standards or universal principle if the entity has failed to comply with directions to conduct a self-assessment given under section 16 or has failed to respond to assessment reports given to the entity under section 17 .

(2) The commission may give the child safe entity a written notice (a
"compliance notice" ) stating—

(a) the reasons for giving the notice; and

(b) each child safe standard the commission believes the entity has not implemented or with which the entity has not complied with, or that the commission believes the entity has not implemented or complied with the universal principle; and

(c) the action the entity is required to take; and

(d) the date by which the entity must take the action; and

(e) the action the commission may take if the entity fails to comply with the notice; and

(f) that it is an offence to fail to comply with the notice; and

(g) the maximum penalty for a failure to comply with the notice.

(3) The compliance notice must be accompanied by an information notice about the commission’s decision to give the compliance notice.

(4) The date stated in the notice under subsection (2) (d) must be at least 14 days after the notice is given.

(5) The child safe entity must comply with the notice, unless the entity has a reasonable excuse.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

Note—

See also section 24 .

(6) In this section—

"child safe entity" means—

(a) if the child safe entity is a person—the child safe entity; or

(b) otherwise—the head of the child safe entity.