CHILD WELLBEING AND SAFETY ACT 2005 - SECT 25 Functions and powers of the Commission
CHILD WELLBEING AND SAFETY ACT 2005 - SECT 25
Functions and powers of the Commission(1) The Commission has the following functions in relation to the Child Safe Standards—
(a) to provide education, information and advice on the Child Safe Standards to any person or entity;
(b) to publish guidance notes that promote consistent child safety outcomes and compliance with, and the enforcement of, the Child Safe Standards, for use by sector regulators and integrated sector regulators;
(c) in relation to a relevant entity for which it is a sector regulator, the functions set out in section 25D(1);
(d) to collect, analyse and publish information and data relating to the Child Safe Standards;
(e) to work collaboratively with other sector regulators and integrated sector regulators in relation to the safety of children and compliance with the Child Safe Standards;
(f) to promote information exchange between the Commission, other sector regulators and integrated sector regulators in relation to the safety of children and compliance with the Child Safe Standards;
(g) any other functions conferred on the Commission under this Part or under regulations made for the purposes of this Part.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(c), in carrying out the functions set out in section 25D(1) the Commission must consider the most effective means of promoting compliance by the relevant entity with the Child Safe Standards.
(3) The Commission has the following powers in relation to the Child Safe Standards—
(a) any power conferred on the Commission under this Part or under regulations made for the purposes of this Part;
(b) in relation to a relevant entity for which it is a sector regulator, the powers set out in section 25D(4);
(c) any power necessary or convenient to perform its functions under this Part or under regulations made for the purposes of this Part.
S. 25A inserted by No. 23/2021 s. 15.