National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Amendment (2018 Measures No. 7) Declaration 2018

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

Dated 20 December 2018 

Paul Fletcher

Minister for Families and Social Services

Contents

1  Name

2  Commencement

3  Authority

4  Schedules

Schedule 1—Amendments

National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Declaration 2018

1  Name

  This instrument is the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Amendment (2018 Measures No. 7) 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.

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  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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

National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Declaration 2018

1  Section 6

After paragraph (h), insert:

 (i) Each institution (however described) that is included in the classes of State institutions set out at paragraphs 6(1)(a) – (h) of this instrument, except the institutions at (c) and (d) do not include a university, a residential college of a university or a local council.

2  Section 6

Repeal the note.

3  Section 15 (table – column 1 of Item 4)

Repeal the words “paragraphs (a) – (aj) of”.

4  Section 15 (table)

Repeal item 5, insert:

5  Schedule 1 (table)

Repeal paragraph (aa) of Item 9 to the table, insert:

 (aa) The Military Ordinariate of Australia and each parish (including any church, school or other agency thereof), systemic school, agency and ecclesiastical organisation and any trust corporation representing any of these entities (whether incorporated or unincorporated and whether still existing or now defunct) which is or was at the relevant time canonically subject to the authority of the Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of Australia or his predecessors in office (but which does not include any Catholic order, congregation or other public juridic person located or operating at any time within the area of the Military Ordinariate of Australia);

 (ab) The Melkite Catholic Eparchy of Australia and New Zealand and each parish (including any church, school or other agency thereof), systemic school, agency and ecclesiastical organisation and any trust corporation representing any of these entities (whether incorporated or unincorporated and whether still existing or now defunct) which is or was at the relevant time canonically subject to the authority of the Bishop of the Melkite Catholic Eparchy of Australia and New Zealand or his predecessors in office (but which does not include any Catholic order, congregation or other public juridic person located or operating at any time within the area of the Melkite Catholic Eparchy of Australia and New Zealand);

 (ac) The Chaldean Eparchy of St Thomas and each parish (including any church, school or other agency thereof), systemic school, agency and ecclesiastical organisation and any trust corporation representing any of these entities (whether incorporated or unincorporated and whether still existing or now defunct) which is or was at the relevant time canonically subject to the authority of the Bishop of the Chaldean Eparchy of St Thomas or his predecessors in office (but which does not include any Catholic order, congregation or other public juridic person located or operating at any time within the area of the Chaldean Eparchy of St Thomas);

 (ad) The Archdiocese of Perth and each parish (including any church, school or other agency thereof), systemic school, agency and ecclesiastical organisation and any trust corporation representing any of these entities (whether incorporated or unincorporated and whether still existing or now defunct) which is or was at the relevant time canonically subject to the authority of the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Perth or his predecessors in office (but which does not include any Catholic order, congregation or other public juridic person located or operating at any time within the area of the Archdiocese of Perth);

 (ae) The Diocese of Broome and each parish (including any church, school or other agency thereof), systemic school, agency and ecclesiastical organisation and any trust corporation representing any of these entities (whether incorporated or unincorporated and whether still existing or now defunct) which is or was at the relevant time canonically subject to the authority of the Bishop of the Diocese of Broome or his predecessors in office (but which does not include any Catholic order, congregation or other public juridic person located or operating at any time within the area of the Diocese of Broome);

 (af) The Diocese of Bunbury and each parish (including any church, school or other agency thereof), systemic school, agency and ecclesiastical organisation and any trust corporation representing any of these entities (whether incorporated or unincorporated and whether still existing or now defunct) which is or was at the relevant time canonically subject to the authority of the Bishop of the Diocese of Bunbury or his predecessors in office (but which does not include any Catholic order, congregation or other public juridic person located or operating at any time within the area of the Diocese of Bunbury);

 (ag) The Diocese of Geraldton and each parish (including any church, school or other agency thereof), systemic school, agency and ecclesiastical organisation and any trust corporation representing any of these entities (whether incorporated or unincorporated and whether still existing or now defunct) which is or was at the relevant time canonically subject to the authority of the Bishop of the Diocese of Geraldton or his predecessors in office (but which does not include any Catholic order, congregation or other public juridic person located or operating at any time within the area of the Diocese of Geraldton).

6  Schedule 1 (table)

After item 9, insert: