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This is a Bill, not an Act. For current law, see the Acts databases.
South Australia
Children's Protection (Recording of Meetings) Amendment
Bill 2010
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Children's Protection Act 1993.
Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short
title
2 Commencement
3 Amendment provisions
Part 2—Amendment of Children's Protection
Act 1993
4 Insertion of sections 57A and
57B
57A Recording of meeting etc by
Department
57B Recording of
conversation
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as
follows:
This Act may be cited as the Children's Protection (Recording of
Meetings) Amendment Act 2010.
This Act will come into operation 4 months after the day on which it
is assented to by the Governor.
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a
specified Act amends the Act so specified.
Part 2—Amendment
of Children's Protection
Act 1993
4—Insertion of
sections 57A and 57B
After section 57 insert:
57A—Recording of meeting etc by
Department
(1) A meeting or other proceeding held under this Act—
(a) at premises of the Department; and
(b) at which a child, or a guardian of a child to whom the meeting or
proceeding relates, is present,
must be recorded by an employee of the Department unless—
(c) a person present at the meeting or other proceeding, other than an
employee of the Department, objects to the recording; and
(d) the person's objection is noted in a form approved by the Chief
Executive, and signed by the person.
(2) The following requirements must be complied with in relation to a
recording made under this section:
(a) if it is reasonably practicable to make an audio visual recording of
the meeting or other proceeding, such a recording must be made;
(b) if it is not reasonably practicable to make an audio visual recording
of the meeting or other proceeding, an audio recording must be made;
(c) a recording made under this section must be kept by the Department
until the youngest person present at the recorded meeting or other proceeding,
or the youngest person to whom the recorded meeting or other proceeding relates,
has reached the age of 21 years;
(d) each participant in the meeting or other proceeding is, on request,
entitled to a copy of the recording;
(e) each participant in the meeting or other proceeding must be given a
written statement informing the participant—
(i) that the recording will be kept by the Department until the youngest
person present at the recorded meeting or other proceeding, or the youngest
person to whom the recorded meeting or other proceeding relates, has reached the
age of 21 years; and
(ii) of his or her right to obtain a copy of the recording; and
(iii) of the procedure to be followed to obtain such a copy.
57B—Recording of conversation
A person may make an audio, or audio visual, recording of a conversation
held in relation to a matter under this Act between an employee of the
Department and him or herself or a child of whom the person is a guardian if the
person informs the employee that he or she intends to record the
conversation.