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CHILD PROTECTION ACT 1999 - SECT 159M

Definitions for part

159M Definitions for part

In this part—

"prescribed entity" means each of the following entities—

(a) the chief executive of a department that is mainly responsible for any of the following matters—
(i) adult corrective services;
(ii) community services;
(iii) disability services;
(iv) education;
(v) housing services;
(vi) public health;
(b) the police commissioner;
(c) the chief executive officer of Mater Misericordiae Ltd (ACN 096 708 922);
(d) a health service chief executive within the meaning of the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011 ;
(e) the principal of an accredited school under the Education (Accreditation of Non-State Schools) Act 2001 ;
(f) a specialist service provider;
(g) the chief executive of another entity that—
(i) provides a service to children or families; and
(ii) is prescribed by regulation.

"service provider" means—
(a) a person providing a service to children or families; or
(b) a licensee; or
(c) an independent Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander entity for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child.

"specialist service provider" means a non-government entity, other than a licensee or an independent Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander entity for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child, funded by the State or the Commonwealth to provide a service to—
(a) a relevant child; or
(b) the family of a relevant child.



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