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Schedule Dictionary
section 6
accepted representations see section 84.
agency notice means any of the following notices given to the commission—
school attendance notice;
school enrolment notice;
child safety notice;
court advice notice;
PPD notice;
tenancy agreement notice.
annual report means the report prepared by the commissioner under section 144.
appeal notice, for a decision under this Act, means a notice stating—
that the person to whom the notice is given may, within 28 days after receiving the notice, appeal against the decision to a Magistrates Court, but only on a question of law; and
how the person may appeal.
approved form means a form approved by the chief executive under section 150.
Aurukun area...
board means the Family Responsibilities Board established under section 116.
board member means a member of the board.
case manager, for a case plan, means the member of the staff of the registry whose duties include helping the person the subject of the case plan to access the community support service the person has agreed, or been directed, to attend under this Act.
case plan—
for part 7, division 2—see section 81; or
otherwise—see section 76.
CDEP Scheme participant ...
centrelink secretary...
child means an individual under 18 years.
child protection chief executive means the chief executive of the department in which the Child Protection Act 1999 is administered.
child safety notice means a notice given to the commission under section 42.
Coen area...
commission means the Family Responsibilities Commission established under section 9.
commissioner means the person appointed under section 12 as the commissioner for the commission.
commission guidelines see section 145(1).
commission member means a member of the commission.
community justice group, for a welfare reform community area, means the community justice group established under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities (Justice, Land and Other Matters) Act 1984, part 4, division 1, for an area that includes all or a part of the welfare reform community area.
community member see section 7.
community support service means a service or activity that provides information or help to an individual about matters relating to—
the individual’s wellbeing; or
the wellbeing of a member of the individual’s family; or
the development and rebuilding of socially responsible standards of behaviour.
Examples of a community support service—
• a service relating to matters about health, education, employment or training
• a service relating to money management or home budgeting
• a service providing help or education in relation to drug or alcohol rehabilitation, or gambling or anger management
compulsory case plan see section 78(1).
compulsory school age see the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006, section 9.
conference means a conference held by the commission under part 5.
constituting member, for a conference, means a local commissioner being 1 of the commission members constituting the commission at the conference.
conviction means a finding of guilt by a court, or the acceptance of a plea of guilty by a court, whether or not a conviction is recorded.
conviction notice...
court advice notice see section 43.
criminal history, of a person, means the person’s criminal history as defined under the Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986, other than spent convictions.
decision maker see section 113(a).
domestic violence history, of a person, means the history of protection orders made against the person.
education chief executive means the chief executive of the department in which the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 is administered.
family responsibilities agreement see section 68(1).
family responsibilities order means a decision, under section 69, to direct a person to attend a community support service or to give the secretary a notice requiring that a person be subject to income management, and includes the order as amended under this Act.
Hope Vale Area...
income management means the income management regime under the Social Security Administration Act, part 3B.
income management decision means—
a decision to enter into a family responsibilities agreement about giving the secretary a notice requiring that the person be subject to income management; or
a decision under section 69(1)(b)(iv).
indictable offence includes an indictable offence dealt with summarily, whether or not the Criminal Code, section 659, applies to the indictable offence.
local registry coordinator, for a welfare reform community area, means the member of the staff of the registry who, under section 33, is appointed as the local registry coordinator for the area.
Mossman Gorge area...
non-State school means an accredited school under the Education (Accreditation of Non-State Schools) Act 2017.
notice means written notice.
notifying agency, for an agency notice, means the entity that, under this Act, gives the notice to the commission.
offender means a person who is convicted of an offence, whether or not a conviction is recorded.
official means—
a commission member; or
a board member; or
a member of the staff of the registry; or
a member of a community justice group or relevant community group for a welfare reform community area.
parent, in relation to a child, see the Child Protection Act 1999, section 11(1) to (4).
PPD notice means a notice given to the commission under section 43A.
prescribed entity, for part 8, see section 90.
proposed action, for part 7, division 2, see section 81.
protection order means a protection order under the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012.
quarter means a 3 month period ending at the end of 31 March, 30 June, 30 September or 31 December.
registrar means the person appointed under section 33 as the registrar of the commission.
registry means the Family Responsibilities Commission Registry established under section 32(1).
relevant community group, for a welfare reform community area, means—
any group of persons within the area, other than a department of government, that is involved in the provision of any of the following—
information to a court about Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander offenders;
diversionary, interventionist or rehabilitation activities relating to Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander offenders;
other activities relating to local justice issues in the area; or
any other group of persons made up of elders or other respected persons of the area.
relevant information, for part 8, see section 91.
relevant person means—
for a school attendance notice—a parent of the student mentioned in the notice; or
for a school enrolment notice—a parent of the child mentioned in the notice; or
for a child safety notice—
a parent of the child who is the subject of the alleged harm or alleged risk of harm to which the notice relates; or
a person allegedly causing harm to the child, or allegedly causing the child to be at risk of harm; or
for a court advice notice—
if the person who is the subject of the notice is a child—any parent of the child, or the child; or
otherwise—the person who is the subject of the notice; or
for a PPD notice—the respondent for the police protection direction the subject of the PPD notice; or
for a tenancy agreement notice—the person the subject of the notice.
reprisal means a reprisal as mentioned in section 128(4).
residential tenancy agreement means a residential tenancy agreement under the Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008.
school means a non-State school or a State school.
school attendance notice means a notice given to the commission under section 40.
school day, for a school, means any day on which a student enrolled at the school is required to attend the school.
school enrolment notice means a notice given to the commission under section 41.
school term, for a school, means any of the 4 periods in a year—
that are between the summer, autumn, winter or spring vacation periods for the school; and
during which students enrolled at the school are required to attend the school.
secretary means the Secretary under the Social Security Administration Act.
section 76 matters means—
all of the matters mentioned in section 76(1)(c); and
any other matters that may be included in a case plan.
show cause notice see section 82(2).
socially responsible standards of behaviour means socially responsible standards of behaviour relating to any of the following matters—
a child’s attendance at school;
a child’s safety and general wellbeing;
a person’s conduct in a community, including, for example, conduct involving drug or alcohol use, gambling, offensive behaviour or violence;
a person’s use of premises that are social housing.
Social Security Administration Act means the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 (Cwlth).
spent conviction...
State school means a State school under the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006.
student, in relation to a school, means a child who—
is of compulsory school age; and
is enrolled at the school.
take a reprisal means the taking of a reprisal as mentioned in section 128(4).
tenancy agreement notice means a notice given to the commission under section 44.
voluntary agreement see section 108(2).
welfare recipient see section 8.
welfare reform community area see section 8A(1).
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