Queensland Numbered Acts

CHILD SAFE ORGANISATIONS ACT 2024 - SECT 8

8 Meaning of worker of an entity

(1) A
"worker" of a child safe entity or reporting entity is an individual who performs work of any kind for the entity, and includes, for example, the following—

(a) an employee of the entity;

(b) a volunteer;

Example—

an approved carer, and a member of an approved carer’s household, under the Child Protection Act 1999 , schedule 3

(c) a contractor, subcontractor or consultant;

(d) an individual supplied by a provider of labour hire services under the Labour Hire Licensing Act 2017 ;

(e) an executive officer of the entity, or another person who is concerned with, or takes part in, the entity’s management, other than a councillor of a local government;

(f) a trainee or person undertaking work experience for the entity;

(g) if the entity is a religious body—a minister of religion, religious leader or officer of the religious body;

(h) if the entity is a sole trader—the individual operating as sole trader;

(i) if the child safe entity or reporting entity is the department in which the Child Protection Act 1999 is administered—an honorary officer under schedule 3 of that Act.

(2) However, an individual is not a
"worker" if a regulation prescribes the individual as being excluded from the definition under subsection (1) .