(1) In this Act,
"authorised residential care worker" means--(a) a person who--(i) is authorised as an authorised carer by a designated agency, and(ii) provides statutory out-of-home care or supported out-of-home care only in the course of the person's professional work or paid employment, or(b) a person who is a member of a class of persons prescribed by the regulations.
(2) The regulations may prescribe a class or classes of persons who, despite subsection (1)(a), are not authorised residential care workers.