137AADefinition of authorised residential care worker

137AA Definition of authorised residential care worker

137AA Definition of authorised residential care worker

(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.

s 137AA: Ins 2021 No 45, Sch 3[6].