Prescribed competent persons
23AA Prescribed competent persons
For the Act, section 105D(2), a person is a prescribed employee of a government or non-government agency if the person is—
an employee who is the head of the agency, or
another employee of the agency who conducts a professional practice in the course of the person’s employment.
For the Act, section 105D(1)(g), the following persons are prescribed—
a prescribed employee of a government agency that provides direct services—
for the safety or welfare of—
older persons, or
persons with a disability, or
that are legal, health, housing or welfare services for—
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, or
migrants, or
refugees,
a prescribed employee of a non-government agency that receives funding or other financial support from the State or Commonwealth to provide direct services—
for the safety or welfare of—
older persons, or
persons with a disability, or
that are legal, health, housing or welfare services for—
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, or
migrants, or
refugees,
a prescribed employee of one of the following that provides housing and homelessness services as direct services—
a government agency,
a non-government agency that receives funding or other financial support from the State or Commonwealth to provide the services,
a prescribed employee of a member organisation of Domestic Violence NSW,
a prescribed employee of a corporation registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 of the Commonwealth,
a person registered as a financial counsellor with the Financial Counsellors’ Association of NSW,
an Australian legal practitioner.
In this clause—
direct services means services that involve personal contact, including both in-person and remote contact, with those to whom the services are provided.
older person means—
if a person is an Aboriginal or Torres Straight Islander person—the person is at least 50 years of age, or
otherwise—a person who is at least 65 years of age.
other financial support includes tax concessions and subsidised rent.
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