Residential Services (Accreditation) Act 2002

In deciding whether a person is suitable for appointment as administrator to a registered service, QCAT must have regard to the following matters—

the nature of the registered service;

the reason for the appointment;

the services the person is to provide as administrator;

whether the person has a criminal history that would make the person unsuitable for appointment;

the person’s expertise or experience relevant to the appointment;

any conflict of interest that may arise in the course of the person acting as administrator;

any other relevant matter.

The following persons are ineligible for appointment—

a corporation;

a child;

an officer or employee of the department;

a person who is bankrupt or, as a debtor, taking advantage of a law about bankrupt or insolvent debtors;

a person who has been convicted within the previous 5 years of a disqualifying offence.

A person who has agreed to a proposed appointment must advise QCAT, before QCAT makes an order appointing the person—

whether the person is aware of a conflict of interest that may arise in the course of the person acting as administrator; and

whether the person is a person mentioned in subsection (2)(b) to (d); and

whether the person has a criminal history and, if so, what the criminal history is.

for an offence involving paragraph (c)—100 penalty units; or

otherwise—20 penalty units.

The person must give the advice by statutory declaration or on oath or affirmation if required by QCAT.