Victorian Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SERVICES REGULATION ACT 2021 (NO. 37 OF 2021) - SECT 316

    (1)     The Governor in Council may make regulations for or with respect to the following—

        (a)     the classes of service providers subject to the worker and carer exclusion scheme;

        (b)     the classes of workers subject to the worker and carer exclusion scheme;

        (c)     prescribing exclusions to the worker and carer exclusion scheme;

        (d)     prescribing conduct that may lead to exclusion;

        (e)     prescribing decisions made under other Acts to be exclusion decisions for the purposes of Part 5;

        (f)     the exemption of persons or a class of persons from section 135 ;

        (g)     prescribing social services, or classes of social service, for the benefit and support of service users;

        (h)     prescribing requirements to be met by social service providers for the purpose of registration, including with respect to the following—

              (i)     the competence and skills of providers;

              (ii)     matters relating to the suitability of providers;

              (iii)     the qualifications, skills and suitability of persons employed by providers;

              (iv)     the suitability of premises used to provide social services;

              (i)     prescribing exemptions for persons or classes of persons from the requirement of registration;

        (j)     prescribing circumstances in respect of which social services providers may be granted provisional registration;

        (k)     without limiting any power to make regulations conferred by any other paragraph, the fees payable in respect of—

              (i)     an application for registration as a registered social service provider; and

              (ii)     an application for the variation or revocation of a condition of registration of a registered social service provider; and

              (iii)     annual registration fees for registered social service providers;

        (l)     prescribing service requirements of the Social Services Standards, including in relation to classes of registered social service providers—

              (i)     additional social service delivery requirements; and

              (ii)     other requirements related to or connected with the delivery of a social service;

        (m)     prescribing outcomes in relation to the prescribed service requirements;

        (n)     requirements that must be met by a person or body providing a supported residential service, including but not limited to requirements relating to the following—

              (i)     the health and wellbeing of residents;

              (ii)     the standard of care provided to residents;

              (iii)     personal support of residents;

              (iv)     the staffing of supported residential services;

              (v)     record keeping;

              (vi)     support plans;

              (vii)     notification of a resident's guardian or person nominated;

        (o)     prescribing a system of rating and assessment of registered social service providers;

        (p)     for the purposes of this Act, prescribing—

              (i)     infringement offences; and

              (ii)     infringement penalties not exceeding 20 penalty units, in the case of an individual, or 100 penalty units, in the case of a body corporate, for contravention of an infringement offence;

        (q)     requirements for notices required under this Act;

        (r)     any matter or thing required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed, or necessary to be prescribed, to give effect to this Act.

    (2)     A power conferred by subsection (1) to make regulations providing for the imposition of fees may be exercised by providing for all or any of the following matters—

        (a)     specific fees;

        (b)     maximum fees;

        (c)     minimum fees;

        (d)     fees that may vary according to value or time;

        (e)     the manner of payment of fees;

        (f)     the time or times at which fees are to be paid.

    (3)     Regulations under this section may—

        (a)     be of general or limited application; and

        (b)     differ according to differences in time, place or circumstances; and

        (c)     confer a discretionary authority or impose a duty on a specified person or a specified class of person; and

        (d)     leave any matter or thing to be from time to time determined, applied, dispensed with or regulated by a specified person; and

        (e)     provide, in a specified case or class of case, for the exemption of persons or things or a class of persons or things from any of the provisions of the regulations—

              (i)     whether unconditionally or on specified conditions; and

              (ii)     either wholly or to any extent that is specified; and

        (f)     apply, adopt or incorporate any matter contained in any document whether—

              (i)     wholly or partially or as amended by the regulations; or

              (ii)     as in force at a particular time; or

              (iii)     as in force from time to time; and

        (g)     impose a penalty not exceeding 60 penalty units, in the case of an individual, or 300 penalty units, in the case of a body corporate, for a contravention of the regulations.

Division 9—Review of Act