Child and Youth Safe Organisations Amendment Regulations 2026
I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Child and Youth Safe Organisations Act 2023 .
23 March 2026B. BAKER
Governor
By Her Excellency's Command,
GUY BARNETT
Minister for Justice, Corrections and Rehabilitation
These regulations may be cited as the Child and Youth Safe Organisations Amendment Regulations 2026 .
These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.
In these regulations, the Child and Youth Safe Organisations Regulations 2023 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.
4. Regulation 4A inserted
After regulation 4 of the Principal Regulations , the following is inserted:4A. Police Service is prescribed entity
(1) For the purposes of section 5 of the Act, the Police Service is prescribed as an entity.(2) For the purposes of the definition of head in section 4 of the Act, the Commissioner of Police is prescribed as the head of the entity prescribed under subregulation (1) .(3) For the purposes of the definition of relevant entity in section 4 of the Act, the Police Service is prescribed as a relevant entity.
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 1 April 2026
These regulations are administered in the Department of Justice.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the regulation)
These regulations amend the Child and Youth Safe Organisations Regulations 2023 by specifying that the Police Service is an entity to which the Child and Youth Safe Organisations Act 2023 applies.