Legislation has commenced in South Australia to provide for the licensing and regulation of stand-alone private day procedure centres and other miscellaneous provisions.
Phase 1 of the ‘project bank account’ scheme has been implemented in Queensland to improve security of payment in the building and construction industry and modernise payment and charge mechanisms for contractors and subcontractors in the State.
The Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012 (NSW) has been amended, following a statutory review, to redefine the scope of the Act and include a new offence for an existing requirement imposed on organisations that employ workers in child-related work.
The Health Records Act 2001 (Vic) and the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 (Vic) have been amended to provide exceptions in relation to the collection of particular health and personal information under the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 (Vic).