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SUPPORTED RESIDENTIAL SERVICES (PRIVATE PROPRIETORS) ACT 2010 (NO. 49 OF 2010) - SECT 61

Offence not to monitor personal support issues

    (1)     If the proprietor is, or ought reasonably to be, aware that a resident is in need of more personal support than can be met within the scope of that resident's residential and services agreement, the proprietor must take all reasonable steps to ensure that the appropriate personal support is provided to the resident.

Penalty:     600 penalty units or 5 years imprisonment or both for an individual;

3000 penalty units, in the case of a body corporate.

    (2)     An offence against subsection (1) is an indictable offence.

    (3)     If the proprietor is unsuccessful in securing the provision of appropriate personal support after taking all reasonable steps to ensure that the appropriate personal support is provided to the resident, the proprietor must notify the Secretary without delay of the needs of the resident.

Penalty:     240 penalty units, in the case of a natural person;

1200 penalty units, in the case of a body corporate.



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