7Transitional provision—existing Official Community Visitors

7 Transitional provision—existing Official Community Visitors

7 Transitional provision—existing Official Community Visitors

(1) A person is taken to have been appointed as an Official Community Visitor under section 21 of the Act for the balance of the term for which the person was appointed under section 7 of the CS (CRM) Act if, immediately before 1 July 2019, the person—

(a) was an Official Community Visitor under the CS (CRM) Act, and

(b) exercised functions under section 8 of the CS (CRM) Act with respect to visitable services within the meaning of Part 4 of the Ageing and Disability Commissioner Act 2019.

(2) An Official Community Visitor taken to have been appointed under section 21 of the Act may provide advice or information to the Commissioner under section 22 (1) (d) or (e) of the Act about existing matters.

(3) Nothing in this clause limits any function an Official Community Visitor may have under any other Act.

(4) In this clause—

CS (CRM) Act means the Community Services (Complaints, Reviews and Monitoring) Act 1993.

existing matter means—

(a) conduct of premises at which a visitable service is provided that occurred before 1 July 2019, or

(b) matters affecting the welfare, interests and conditions of persons using visitable services that arose before 1 July 2019.