CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS (CARE AND PROTECTION) ACT 1998 - SECT 137AA
Definition of authorised residential care worker
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS (CARE AND PROTECTION) ACT 1998 - SECT 137AA
Definition of authorised residential care worker
(1) In this Act,
"authorised residential care worker" means-- (a) a person who-- (i) is
authorised as an authorised carer by a designated agency, and
(ii) provides
statutory out-of-home care or supported out-of-home care only in the course of
the person's professional work or paid employment, or
(b) a person who is a
member of a class of persons prescribed by the regulations.
(2) The
regulations may prescribe a class or classes of persons who, despite
subsection (1)(a), are not authorised residential care workers.
