16GFunctions of Social Services Regulator under this Part and Part 5B

16G Functions of Social Services Regulator under this Part and Part 5B

The Social Services Regulator has the following functions in relation to the reportable conduct scheme—

(a) to educate and provide advice to entities in order to assist them to identify reportable conduct and to report and investigate reportable allegations;

S. 16G(b) amended by No. 58/2025 s. 55(Sch. 1 item 1.9(b)).

(b) to educate and provide advice to other regulators to promote compliance by entities with the reportable conduct scheme;

(c) to oversee the investigation of reportable allegations;

(d) to investigate reportable allegations if—

(i) it considers it to be in the public interest to do so; or

S. 16G(d)(ii) amended by No. 58/2025 s. 55(Sch. 1 item 1.9(c)).

(ii) an entity or another regulator will not, or is unable to, investigate or engage an independent person or body to investigate;

S. 16G(e) amended by No. 58/2025 s. 55(Sch. 1 item 1.9(d)).

(e) if it considers it to be in the public interest to do so, to investigate whether reportable allegations have been inappropriately handled or responded to by an entity or another regulator;

(f) to make recommendations to entities to address the findings of investigations referred to in paragraph (d) or (e);

S. 16G(g) amended by Nos 34/2020 s. 173, 58/2025 s. 55(Sch. 1 item 1.9(e)).

(g) to exchange information (including the findings of investigations into reportable allegations and the reasons for those findings) with Victoria Police, entities and other regulators;

(h) to monitor the compliance of entities with the reportable conduct scheme;

S. 16G(ha) inserted by No. 17/2023 s. 25(2).

(ha) in relation to section 16M—

(i) to monitor and enforce compliance with section 16M(1) by the head of an entity; and

(ii) to investigate contraventions of section 16M(4);

(i) to report to the Minister and to Parliament on trends in the reporting and investigation of reportable allegations and the results of those investigations;

S. 16G(j) amended by Nos 17/2023 s. 25(3), 58/2025 s. 55(Sch. 1 item 1.9(a)).

(j) to perform any other function conferred on the Social Services Regulator under this Part or Part 5B.

S. 16H (Heading) amended by No. 58/2025 s. 55(Sch. 1 item 1.10).

S. 16H inserted by No. 4/2017 s. 6, amended by Nos 17/2023 s. 26, 58/2025 s. 55(Sch. 1 item 1.11).