Issuing officers can now grant warrants to search or frisk children under 14; they must consider the child's best interests before doing so.

Issuing officers may require the Public Advocate or the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people commissioner to be notified before a child's search occurs.

Police officers are banned from stopping, searching or detaining children under 14; there are specific exceptions for safety, preventing serious harm or investigating offences.

Police can only detain a child under 14 for as long as is reasonable to verify their age, ensure safety or stop destructive behaviour.

Police may continue to hold a child under 14 until they can be handed over to a parent, guardian or appropriate agency.

Issuing officers can now grant warrants or enter premises in emergencies to prevent physical injury to a person; previously this only applied to offences.

Convictions that are normally extinguished no longer disappear for people applying to register under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011.