Victorian Current Acts

CHILD WELLBEING AND SAFETY ACT 2005 - SECT 46C

    (1)     The Secretary must create an entry in the Register for a child referred to in section 46B(1) and allocate a Child Link identifier to the child—

        (a)     on receipt of a copy of a birth notice for the child under section 45(b) ; or

Note

A birth notice must be given for every birth in Victoria, whether the child is born alive or dead, except for the delivery of a non-viable foetus—see section 42(1).

        (b)     if the Secretary has not received a copy of a birth notice for the child, on receiving notice of the earliest of the following—

              (i)     the child's first contact with a relevant service;

              (ii)     the allocation to the child of a Victorian student number by the Secretary under Part 5.3A of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 ;

              (iii)     the registration of the child for home schooling by the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority;

              (iv)     the making of a child protection order in respect of the child.

    (2)     In this section—

S. 46C(2) def. of first contact amended by No. 37/2019 s. 20(2).

"first contact" means—

        (a)     in relation to a Maternal and Child Health service—the first notification received by the relevant service in relation to the child; or

        (b)     in relation to a supported playgroup—the first notification received by the relevant service in relation to the child; or

        (c)     in relation to an approved education and care service or an approved children's service—the enrolment of the child in a funded kindergarten provided by the service; or

        (d)     in relation to a Government school—the enrolment of the child at the school; or

        (e)     in relation to a non-Government school—the enrolment of the child at the school; or

        (f)     in relation to a student support service provided by the Department of Education and Training—the first access or engagement by the child of or with the relevant service; or

        (g)     in relation to a school nurse program—the first notification received by the relevant service in relation to the child; or

        (h)     in relation to a service prescribed as a relevant service—on the first occurrence of a prescribed event in relation to that service.

S. 46D inserted by No. 11/2018 s. 10.