National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Amendment (2018 Measures No. 4) Declaration 2018

I, Paul Fletcher, Minister for Families and Social Services, make the following Declaration.

Dated 12 November 2018

Paul Fletcher

Minister for Families and Social Services

Contents

1  Name

2  Commencement

3  Authority

4  Schedules

Schedule 1—Amendments—Northern Territory  2

National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Declaration 2018 2

Schedule 2—Amendments—Queensland  3

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1  Name

  This instrument is the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Amendment (2018 Measures No. 4) Declaration 2018.

2  Commencement

 (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

 (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Act 2018.

4  Schedules

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments—Northern Territory

National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Declaration 2018

1  After section 8A

Insert:

8B  Participating Territory institutions (NT)

Each of the following Territory institutions of Northern Territory is a participating institution:

 (a) The Northern Territory of Australia as established as a body politic under section 5 of the Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978 (Cth);

 (b) An agency:

 i)   as nominated in an Administrative Arrangements Order as an Agency for the Public Sector Employment and Management Act (NT); or

 ii)  declared by another Act of the Northern Territory of Australia to be an     Agency for the purposes of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act (NT);

(c) A Government owned corporation within the meaning of the Government Owned Corporations Act (NT) other than the following:

 i)   Power Generation Corporation established under the Power Generation Corporation Act 2014 (NT); and

 ii)  Power Retail Corporation established under the Power Retail Corporation Act 2014 (NT).

2  Section 13 (table)

Following Item 4 add:

5 All Northern Territory institutions as at Part 2, paragraphs 8B(a)-(c)

3  Section 17

Repeal paragraph 17(d), substitute:

(d)    Tasmania;

(e)    Northern Territory;

Schedule 2—Amendments—Queensland

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4  After section 8B

Insert:

8C  Participating State institutions (Qld)

Each of the following State institutions of Queensland is a participating institution:

 (a) A government entity within the meaning of the Public Service Act 2008 (Qld), other than an entity that:

 i)   mentioned in paragraphs 24(1)(c) or (d) of the Public Service Act 2008 (Qld); and

 ii)  under a Queensland Act, does not represent the State of Queensland;

 (b) The Queensland Police Services; parliamentary service, Executive Council, Legislative Assembly; a court of the State of Queensland; and the Governor’s official residence (known as Government House) and its associated administrative unit;

(c) A school council or Parents and Citizens Association established under the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 (Qld);

(d) Any institution (however described) that has been superseded by anything listed in paragraphs (a) – (c); and

(e)  Any institution (however described of a kind referred to in paragraphs (a) – (c) that has been abolished.

5  Section 13 (table)

Following Item 5 add:

6 All Queensland institutions as at Part 2, paragraphs 8C(a)-(e)

6  Section 17

Following paragraph 17(e) add:

(f)     Queensland.