Queensland Numbered Acts

CHILD SAFE ORGANISATIONS ACT 2024 - SECT 35

35 Requirements for initial report and interim report

(1) An initial report must include the following information—

(a) details of the reportable allegation or reportable conviction;

(b) the name, including any former name or alias, of the worker the subject of the reportable allegation or reportable conviction;

(c) the date of birth of the worker, if known;

(d) the name of the head of the reporting entity;

(e) whether the sector regulator for the reporting entity or the police service has been contacted about the reportable allegation or reportable conviction;

(f) the reporting entity’s contact details, including its name, address and telephone number;

(g) if the worker currently performs work for the reporting entity—any action, including risk management action, taken in response to the reportable allegation or reportable conviction, including, for example—

(i) immediate steps taken to prevent the worker from having contact with children; and

(ii) any disciplinary action taken or proposed to be taken against the worker;

(h) any other matter prescribed by regulation.

(2) An interim report by the head of a reporting entity must include the following information—

(a) the facts and circumstances of the reportable allegation or the reportable conviction, to the extent it is available to the head of the reporting entity;

(b) an update on any action, including risk management action, taken in response to the reportable allegation or reportable conviction; and

(c) if the worker has made written submissions to the head of the reporting entity in relation to the reportable allegation or reportable conviction—a copy of the worker’s written submissions.