Queensland Numbered Acts

WORKING WITH CHILDREN (RISK MANAGEMENT AND SCREENING) AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2024 - SECT 106

106 Replacement of s 353 (Definitions for div 3)

Section 353 —
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353 Definitions for division In this division—

"chapter 8 reviewable decision" , about a person, means—

(a) a decision of the chief executive to—

(i) issue the person a negative notice; or

(ii) refuse to cancel a negative notice issued to the person; or

(b) a decision of the chief executive if—

(i) the person’s working with children authority was suspended under section 296; and

(ii) the person has applied under section 300A for the chief executive to end the suspension of the person’s working with children authority and the chief executive has decided to continue the suspension under section 300(1)(c); and

(iii) the person claims the person is not the person the subject of the offence, action or other information that has triggered the suspension.

"prescribed period" , for a review of a chapter 8 reviewable decision about a person, means the period ending 28 days after the person is given notice of—

(a) for a chapter 8 reviewable decision mentioned in definition
"chapter 8 reviewable decision" , paragraph (a)—the decision; or

(b) for a chapter 8 reviewable decision mentioned in definition
"chapter 8 reviewable decision" , paragraph (b)—the decision on the application under section 300A about the suspension.