Queensland Numbered Acts

PUBLIC SECTOR ACT 2022 - SECT 57

57 Meaning of child-related duty

(1) A duty to be performed in a public sector entity is a
"child-related duty" if the chief executive of the entity decides under the suitability directive that—

(a) the duty—

(i) is to be performed at a place at which services are provided only or mainly to children; or

(ii) is to be performed in a role involving providing services only or mainly to children; or

(iii) involves contact with children that is of a type, or happens in a context, that may create an unacceptable level of risk for children; and

(b) it is necessary to conduct child-related employment screening, under the Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Act 2000 , chapter 8 , of a person the chief executive engages, proposes to engage, or has engaged, to perform the duty, to ensure the person is suitable to perform the duty.

(2) However, the duty is not a child-related duty if the duty is likely to involve regulated employment.

Note—

See the Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Act 2000 , chapter 7 , and division 4 , in relation to persons to be engaged in duties that are regulated employment.