Victorian Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SERVICES REGULATION ACT 2021 (NO. 37 OF 2021) - SECT 51

In this Part—

"characteristics of a WCES service user "means the characteristics of a person in relation to which a WCES service is provided including, but not limited to, age and disability;

"excluded worker or carer" means a person—

        (a)     who is excluded from providing a WCES service or a class of WCES services under section 79(1)(a); or

        (b)     in relation to whom an interim exclusion is in force;

"interim exclusion" means an interim exclusion issued under section 70;

"member", in relation to a Panel, means a member of a Panel appointed under section 68(1)(b) or (c);

"Panel candidate "means a person appointed under section 67 ;

"regulatory entity", in relation to a WCES worker or carer, means any of the following, other than the Regulator—

        (a)     a Department that is responsible for regulating the WCES service provider by which the WCES worker or carer is employed or engaged;

        (b)     a body—

              (i)     that regulates or funds the WCES service provider by which the WCES worker or carer is employed or engaged; and

              (ii)     that is prescribed to be a regulatory entity in respect of that WCES service provider;

        (c)     any other body that is prescribed to be a regulatory entity in respect of the WCES worker or carer.

Division 2—Conduct that may lead to exclusion