Social Services Regulations 2023

For the purposes of section 47(1)(f)(iii) of the Act, in relation to a registered social service provider, the following key personnel are prescribed—

a member of the group of persons who is responsible for the executive decisions of the provider;

the chief executive officer (however described) of the provider;

in the case of a provider that is the Secretary, each executive (within the meaning of the Public Administration Act 2004) of the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing with responsibility for administering the provision of a social service;

in the case of a provider providing a supported residential service, the person responsible for the day to day management of the provision of that service;

any other person who has primary responsibility for (or significant influence over) planning, directing or controlling the provider's delivery of the social service.

Without limiting subregulation (1)(a), a reference in that paragraph to a person responsible for the executive decisions of a provider includes—

if the provider is a body corporate that is incorporated, or taken to be incorporated, under the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth—

a director or secretary of the body corporate; and

each person who is empowered to exercise control over the affairs of the body corporate; and

in any other case, a member of the provider's committee of management or governing body.