Queensland Numbered Acts

PUBLIC SECTOR ACT 2022 - SECT 80

80 Commissioner must make directive for this part

(1) The commissioner must make a directive for this part.

(2) The directive must include provision for—

(a) the circumstances in which a chief executive may decide it is necessary to obtain the criminal history of a person; and

(b) the following matters—

(i) the types of places a chief executive may decide are places at which services are provided only or mainly to a child or children;

(ii) the types of roles a chief executive may decide involve providing services only or mainly to a child or children;

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

(c) giving a person a reasonable opportunity to make written representations about a criminal history report before an adverse decision relating to the person is made.

(3) In this section—

"adverse decision" , relating to a person, means a decision about the person’s suitability for engagement or continued engagement to perform—

(a) relevant duties in relation to which a criminal history report was obtained, other than a decision that the person is suitable for engagement to perform the relevant duties; or

(b) child-related duties, other than a decision that the person is suitable for engagement to perform the child-related duties; or

(c) duties that are regulated employment, other than a decision that the person is suitable to perform the duties.