CHILD PROTECTION ACT 1999 - SECT 159M Definitions for part

CHILD PROTECTION ACT 1999 - SECT 159M

159M Definitions for part

In this part—


"prescribed entity" means each of the following entities—

(a) the chief executive of a department that is mainly responsible for any of the following matters—

(i) adult corrective services;

(ii) community services;

(iii) disability services;

(iv) education;

(v) housing services;

(vi) public health;

(b) the police commissioner;

(c) the chief executive officer of Mater Misericordiae Ltd (ACN 096 708 922);

(d) a health service chief executive within the meaning of the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011 ;

(e) the principal of an accredited school under the Education (Accreditation of Non-State Schools) Act 2001 ;

(f) a specialist service provider;

(g) the chief executive of another entity that—

(i) provides a service to children or families; and

(ii) is prescribed by regulation.

(a) a person providing a service to children or families; or

(b) a licensee; or

(c) an independent Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander entity for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child.

(a) a relevant child; or

(b) the family of a relevant child.