Child Safe Organisations Regulation 2025

This regulation may be cited as the Child Safe Organisations Regulation 2025.

Part 2 and schedule 1 commence on 1 October 2025.

Part 3, divisions 1 and 2 commence on 1 January 2026.

Part 3, division 3 commences on 1 April 2026.

Schedule 1 prescribes, for section 6(a)(ii) of the Act, sector regulators for child safe entities.

However, an entity is prescribed as a sector regulator for a child safe entity under subsection (1) only to the extent that the entity is responsible for regulating the child safe entity.

For section 35(1)(h) of the Act, the information prescribed for an initial report for a worker to be given by the head of a reporting entity is each personal identification number for the worker, if the personal identification number—

was given to the reporting entity in connection with the worker performing work for the reporting entity; and

is in the possession of the reporting entity when the initial report is prepared.

In this section—personal identification number, for a worker, means any identifying number assigned by a State or Commonwealth department or agency or a national regulator or agency in relation to the worker, including, for example, a number assigned in relation to any of the following—

the worker’s working with children authority under the Working with Children Check Act 2000;

the worker’s registration or permission to teach under the Education (Queensland College of Teachers) Act 2005;

a Queensland driver licence issued to the worker under the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995;

a clearance issued to the worker under the Disability Services Act 2006;

registration of the worker as a health practitioner under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Queensland).

Schedule 2 prescribes, for section 6(a)(ii) of the Act, sector regulators for reporting entities.

However, an entity is prescribed as a sector regulator for a reporting entity under subsection (1) only to the extent that the entity is responsible for regulating the reporting entity.

For a child safe entity mentioned in schedule 1, section 1 of the Act, each of the following is prescribed as a sector regulator—

the department in which the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 is administered;

the department in which the Housing Act 2003 is administered;

the department in which the Working with Children Check Act 2000 is administered;

the Non-State Schools Accreditation Board under the Education (Accreditation of Non-State Schools) Act 2017, section 97;

the registrar under the Housing Act 2003.

sch 1 s 1 (prev sch 1 s 1AA) ins 2025 SL No. 126 s 5(1)

For a child safe entity mentioned in schedule 1, section 2 of the Act, the department in which the Working with Children Check Act 2000 is administered is prescribed as a sector regulator. sch 1 s 2 (prev sch 1 s 1A) ins 2025 SL No. 126 s 6(1)

For a child safe entity mentioned in schedule 1, section 3 of the Act, each of the following is prescribed as a sector regulator—

the department in which the Education and Care Services Act 2013 is administered;

the department in which the Working with Children Check Act 2000 is administered;

the regulatory authority declared under the Education and Care Services National Law (Queensland) Act 2011, section 14.

sch 1 s 3 (prev sch 1 s 2 (orig sch 1 s 1AB)) ins 2025 SL No. 126 s 5(1)

For a child safe entity mentioned in schedule 1, section 4 of the Act, each of the following is prescribed as a sector regulator—

the department in which the Child Protection Act 1999 is administered;

the department in which the Working with Children Check Act 2000 is administered.

sch 1 s 4 (prev sch 1 s 3 (orig sch 1 s 1)) renum 2025 SL No. 126 s 5(4)

For a child safe entity mentioned in schedule 1, section 5 of the Act, each of the following is prescribed as a sector regulator—

the department in which the Disability Services Act 2006 is administered;

the department in which the Working with Children Check Act 2000 is administered.

sch 1 s 5 (prev sch 1 s 4 (orig sch 1 s 2)) renum 2025 SL No. 126 s 5(4)

For a child safe entity mentioned in schedule 1, section 6 of the Act, each of the following is prescribed as a sector regulator—

the department in which the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 is administered;

the department in which the Working with Children Check Act 2000 is administered;

the Non-State Schools Accreditation Board under the Education (Accreditation of Non-State Schools) Act 2017, section 97;

the Queensland College of Teachers established under the Education (Queensland College of Teachers) Act 2005, section 229.

sch 1 s 6 (prev sch 1 s 5 (orig sch 1 s 2A)) ins 2025 SL No. 126 s 5(2)