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CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 2004 - SECT 28A

CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 2004 - SECT 28A

28A .         Terms used

                In this Division —

        authorised entity means —

            (a)         the CEO of a non-government provider; or

            (b)         the governing body of a registered school or school system under the School Education Act 1999 Part 4;

        CEO means —

            (a)         in relation to a prescribed authority —

                  (i)         if the prescribed authority is an entity referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of the definition of public authority in section 3 — the principal officer (however described) of that entity; or

                  (ii)         if the prescribed authority is a body referred to in paragraph (d) of the definition of public authority in section 3 — the principal officer (however described) of that body; or

                  (iii)         if the prescribed authority is the holder of an office, post or position referred to in paragraph (d) of the definition of public authority in section 3 — that holder;

                or

            (b)         in relation to a non-government provider —

                  (i)         if the non-government provider is an individual — that individual; or

                  (ii)         otherwise — the principal officer (however described) of the non-government provider;

        non-government provider means —

            (a)         a service provider; or

            (b)         a person who provides social services under a contract or other agreement (excluding an agreement for a monetary grant) entered into between the person and a prescribed authority or an officer or employee of a prescribed authority;

        prescribed authority means a public authority (other than the Department) prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition;

        relevant information means —

            (a)         information that is, or is likely to be, relevant to —

                  (i)         the wellbeing of a child or a class or group of children; or

                  (ii)         the safety of a person who has been subjected to, or exposed to, family violence;

                or

            (b)         other information of a kind prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph.

        [Section 28A inserted: No. 23 of 2015 s. 30; amended: No. 49 of 2016 s. 93.]