Legislative changes
The Criminal History Screening Legislation Amendment Act 2010 was passed by Queensland Parliament on 25 February 2010. The Act amends 25 pieces of legislation, including the Disability Services Act 2006.
The changes that occurred in 2010 are outlined in the fact sheets below:
- Fact sheet 1: Overview of changes
- Fact sheet 2: Service delivery to children
- Fact sheet 3: Exemptions to yellow cards and blue cards
- Fact sheet 4: Fees
- Fact sheet 5: Exclusionary framework
- Fact sheet 6: Commencing engagement
- Fact sheet 7: Volunteers
There are also several helpful resources for those organisations whose staff and volunteers will now need blue cards on the Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian's website.
A more general range of fact sheets has also been developed:
- Fact sheet 9: Who is a disqualified person?
- Fact sheet 10: Blue card applications - getting it right the first time
- Fact sheet 11: Yellow card applications - getting it right the first time
- Fact sheet 12: Managing the registered health practitioner exemption
- Fact sheet 13: Changes in criminal history
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