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CHILD SAFETY REFORM IMPLEMENTATION MONITOR ACT 2024 (NO. 6 OF 2024) - SECT 3

Interpretation
(1)  In this Act –
Agency means an organisation, body or entity listed in column 1 of the table in Schedule 1 ;
Agency Head , in relation to an Agency, means the person or office holder specified in column 2 of the table in Schedule 1 in respect of that Agency;
annual report means an annual report of the Implementation Monitor submitted under section 21 ;
child means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years;
Commission of Inquiry means the Commission of Inquiry into the Tasmanian Government’s Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Institutional Settings established, by order of the Governor made under section 4 of the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1995 , on 15 March 2021;
compliance notice means a notice issued to an Agency Head under section 19(1) ;
implementation action means a measure or action taken by an Agency, in response to, or to implement, a monitored recommendation;
Implementation Framework means the framework published by the Implementation Monitor under section 14 ;
Implementation Monitor means the person appointed to the office of Child Safety Reform Implementation Monitor established by section 5 ;
institution includes a body, entity, organisation and a group of persons, whether or not incorporated, but does not include an individual or a family;
monitored recommendation means –
(a) a recommendation made in a relevant reform report; or
(b) a recommendation referred to in section 12(1)(b) ;
relevant reform report means a report, or other written response, by a commission, inquiry or review specified in section 12(1)(a) ;
Secretary means the Secretary of the Department;
young person means a child who has attained the age of 15 years but who has not attained the age of 18 years.
(2)  For the purposes of this Act, a resolution, or matter, is taken to be approved by a House of Parliament if a copy of the resolution has been laid on the table of the House and –
(a) a motion to approve the resolution or matter has been passed in that House; or
(b) at the expiration of 5 sitting-days after the resolution or matter was laid on the table of the House –
(i) no notice has been given of a motion to disallow it; or
(ii) if such a notice has been given, the notice has been withdrawn or the motion has been negatived; or
(c) if a notice of a motion has been given to disallow the resolution, or matter, and more than 5 sitting-days have passed –
(i) the notice of motion has been withdrawn; or
(ii) the motion has been negatived.



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