Residential Services (Accreditation) Act 2002

The service provider for a registered service must give the chief executive a notice, in the approved form, within 30 days after becoming aware that any of the following has happened, unless the service provider has a reasonable excuse—

there is a change in the criminal history of the service provider or an associate of the service provider;

the registered premises are, or a part of the registered premises is—

destroyed; or

damaged, renovated or otherwise changed, in a significant way;

there is a change in another matter previously notified to the chief executive that the service provider knows, or ought reasonably to know, is relevant to the continued registration or accreditation of the residential service;

a matter provided for under a regulation.

for subsection (1)(a), if the change is a conviction for a disqualifying offence—100 penalty units; or

otherwise—20 penalty units.

An associate of a service provider for a registered service must give the chief executive a notice, in the approved form, within 30 days after becoming aware there is a change in the associate’s criminal history, unless the associate has a reasonable excuse.

Subsections (1)(a) and (2) do not apply to a change merely because a conviction has stopped being part of the criminal history.

It is a reasonable excuse for an individual to fail to comply with a requirement under subsection (1)(c) or (d) that complying with the requirement might tend to incriminate the individual.