Definition of children’s contact services
10KB Definition of children’s contact services
Children’s contact services are services, other than services mentioned in subsection (3), that:
facilitate contact between a child and a member of the child’s family with whom the child is not living; and
are provided in circumstances where members of the family may not be able to safely manage such contact; and
are provided:
on a professional basis; or
on a commercial basis; or
by an entity registered under the Australian Charities and Not‑for‑profits Commission Act 2012 as the type of entity mentioned in column 1 of item 1 of the table in subsection 25‑5(5) of that Act; or
in the course of an undertaking that has a charitable purpose.
Without limiting paragraph (1)(a), services that facilitate contact may include any of the following:
supervising the movement of the child between 2 or more members of the child’s family;
supervising time spent by the child with a member of the child’s family (including contact over the phone or internet);
providing a space for the child to spend time with a member of the child’s family.
The following services are not children’s contact services:
services provided as a result of intervention by a child welfare officer of a State or Territory;
supervision of contact (including contact over the phone or internet) between a child and a member of the child’s family who is in a correctional institution (however described);
services prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph.
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