6Child-related work

6 Child-related work

6 Child-related work

(1) A worker is engaged in child-related work for the purposes of this Act if—

(a) the worker is engaged in work referred to in subsection (2) that involves direct contact by the worker with a child or children and that contact is a usual part of and more than incidental to the work, or

(b) the worker is engaged in work in a child-related role referred to in subsection (3).

(2) The work referred to is work for, or in connection with, any of the following that is declared by the regulations to be child-related work—

(a) child development

mentoring and counselling services for children,

(b) child protection

child protection services,

(c) children’s health services

the provision of health care in wards of hospitals where children are treated and the direct provision of other child health services,

(d) clubs or other bodies providing services for children

clubs, associations, movements, societies or other bodies (including bodies of a cultural, recreational or sporting nature) providing programs or services for children,

(e) disability services

respite care or other support services for children with a disability,

(f) early education and child care

education and care services, child care centres, nanny services and other child care,

(g) education

schools or other educational institutions (other than universities) and private coaching or tuition of children,

(h) entertainment for children

sporting, cultural or other entertainment venues used primarily by children and entertainment services for children,

(i) justice services

detention centres (within the meaning of the Children (Detention Centres) Act 1987) and juvenile correctional centres (within the meaning of the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999),

(j) religious services