Victorian Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SERVICES REGULATION ACT 2021 (NO. 37 OF 2021) - SECT 71

    (1)     If the Regulator or a Panel issues an interim exclusion to a WCES worker or carer, the Regulator or Panel must, as soon as practicable, give notice in writing to—

        (a)     the WCES worker or carer; and

        (b)     any WCES service provider that is engaging or employing the WCES worker or carer to provide a WCES service; and

        (c)     any registered social services provider that is engaging or employing the WCES worker or carer.

    (2)         The Regulator or Panel may give notice in writing of the issue of the interim exclusion to—

        (a)     any WCES service provider who has at any time engaged or employed the WCES worker or carer to provide a WCES service; and

        (b)     any registered social services provider who has at any time engaged or employed the WCES worker or carer.

    (3)     A notice under subsection (1) must—

        (a)     state that the WCES worker or carer is excluded from providing WCES services; and

        (b)     specify the date on which the interim exclusion comes into force; and

        (c)     set out the grounds on which the Regulator or Panel made the decision to issue the interim exclusion; and

        (d)     state that the Regulator or Panel (as the case may be) must review the decision to issue the interim exclusion—

              (i)     on a day specified in the notice; and

              (ii)     at least every 30 days after the review required by subparagraph (i); and

        (e)     state that the WCES worker or carer may at any time make submissions on the interim exclusion to the Regulator or Panel (as the case may be); and

        (f)     state that the WCES worker or carer may apply to VCAT for review of the decision to make the interim exclusion.