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This relates to new section 352O(3)(f) which gives an organisation issued with a noncompliance direction the opportunity to make an oral or written submission in response to the noncompliance direction. My understanding is that it is identical to an amendment that was also proposed by Mr Gentleman.
Amendment agreed to.
Clause 8, as amended, agreed to.
Clauses 9 to 20, by leave, taken together and agreed to.
Clause 21.
MR GENTLEMAN (Brindabella—Minister for Planning, Minister for Roads and Parking, Minister for Workplace Safety and Industrial Relations, Minister for Children and Young People and Minister for Ageing) (6.13): I move government amendment No 10 circulated in my name [see schedule 6 at page 2143].
The inclusion of this additional amendment to section 525 of the Children and Young People Act 2008 is necessary at this time. It relates to the approval of places of care. The approval of a place of care gives authority for the official visitor to have oversight of a residential care facility. The amendment adds the requirement that an approval of a place of care must be in writing. The amendment should be read in conjunction with government amendment 11.
Amendment agreed to.
Clause 21, as amended, agreed to.
Proposed new clause 21A.
MR GENTLEMAN (Brindabella—Minister for Planning, Minister for Roads and Parking, Minister for Workplace Safety and Industrial Relations, Minister for Children and Young People and Minister for Ageing) (6.14): I move amendment No 11 circulated in my name which inserts a new clause 21A [see schedule 6 at page 2143].
The inclusion of this additional amendment to section 525 of the Children and Young People Act relates to the approval of places of care and is related to government amendment No 10. The amendment removes the requirement for the approval of a place of care to be a notifiable instrument, requiring the approval to be in writing, provided through amendment 10, and makes it a non-registrable statutory instrument.
The amendment is necessary to prevent the publication of the home addresses of children and young people who live in residential care. The government intends to facilitate access by the official visitor to all residential care homes. The publication of a child or young person’s address for this purpose is a breach of the Human Rights Act 2004 on privacy and reputation as well. It may also compromise the safety of the
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