Public Guardian Act 2014

As soon as practicable after visiting a child under care staying at a visitable home or a child staying at a visitable site, a community visitor (child) must—

prepare a report on the visit; and

give a copy of the report to the public guardian.

If the visitor entered a visitable site outside normal hours, the visitor must state the authority for the entry in the report.

So far as the public guardian considers appropriate, the public guardian may give a copy of a report about a visit to a child under care staying at a visitable home, or information from the report, to any of the following entities—

the chief executive (child safety);

the chief executive of a department responsible for providing services to the child who is a subject of the report;

a carer of the child;

a service provider, holding a licence to provide care services under the Child Protection Act, involved in the placement of the child in the home;

the child.

So far as the public guardian considers appropriate, the public guardian may give a copy of a report about a visit to a child staying at a visitable site, or information from the report, to any of the following entities—

a person in charge of the site;

a government service provider responsible for regulating the site;

the chief executive officer of an entity responsible for operating the site;

the chief executive of a department responsible for providing funding or services to the site;

the chief executive of a department responsible for providing services to children staying at the site;

the chief psychiatrist under the Mental Health Act 2016;

the child;

the NDIS commissioner.