(1) A worker is engaged in
"child-related work" for the purposes of this Act if--
(a) the worker is
engaged in work referred to in subsection (2) that involves direct contact by
the worker with a child or children and that contact is a usual part of and
more than incidental to the work, or
(b) the worker is engaged in work in a
child-related role referred to in subsection (3).
(2) The work referred to is
work for, or in connection with, any of the following that is declared by the
regulations to be child-related work--
(a) mentoring and counselling services
for children,
(b) child protection services,
(c) the provision of health
care in wards of hospitals where children are treated and the direct provision
of other child health services,
(d) clubs, associations, movements, societies
or other bodies (including bodies of a cultural, recreational or sporting
nature) providing programs or services for children,
(e) respite care or
other support services for children with a disability,
(k) refuges used by
children, long term home stays for children, boarding houses or other
residential services for children and overnight camps for children,
(l)
transport services especially for children, including school bus services and
taxi services for children with a disability and supervision of school road
crossings,
(m) any other service for children prescribed by the regulations.
(g) any other role with respect to
children prescribed by the regulations.
(3A) The regulations may provide for
circumstances in which direct contact by a worker with a child or children is
taken to be a usual part of and more than incidental to a worker's work.