Child Wellbeing and Safety Act 2005 (Vic)The main purposes of this Act are—
(a) to establish principles for the wellbeing of children; and
(b) to establish the Victorian Children's Council; and
(c) to establish the Children's Services Co-ordination Board; and
(d) to provide for the Minister to make standards in relation to child safety with which certain entities must comply; and
(da) to provide for sector regulators and integrated sector regulators; and
(e) to provide for the oversight and enforcement by the Commission for Children and Young People, sector regulators and integrated sector regulators of compliance by certain entities with standards in relation to child safety; and
(ea) to enable specified entities to share confidential information in a timely and effective manner in order to promote the wellbeing and safety of children; and
(f) to provide for the notification of births to municipal councils; and
(fa) to provide for a scheme for the reporting to the Commission for Children and Young People of allegations of reportable conduct or misconduct that may involve reportable conduct committed by employees within or connected to certain entities, the oversight by the Commission of investigations of those allegations and the administration of the scheme by the Commission; and
(fb) to establish the Child Link Register to improve child wellbeing and safety outcomes for, and to monitor and support the participation in government-funded programs and services by, children born or resident in Victoria; and
(g) to repeal Part IX of the Health Act 1958.
