35Entity providing specialised substitute residential care

35 Entity providing specialised substitute residential care

35 Entity providing specialised substitute residential care

(1) An entity must, within 5 business days after a child commences specialised substitute residential care with the entity, enter on the specialised substitute residential care register—

(a) the following information about the child, unless the information is already on the register—

(i) the child’s full name and other names the child is or has been known by,

(ii) the child’s gender,

(iii) the child’s date and place of birth,

(iv) whether the child is an Aboriginal person or a Torres Strait Islander person,

(v) whether the child has a significant disability, and

(b) the name of the entity, and

(c) the date the specialised substitute residential care commenced, and

(d) if a case plan has been prepared for the child—the date the plan was prepared and each review date for the plan.

(2) The entity must, within 5 business days after the child finishes the specialised substitute residential care with the entity, enter on the specialised substitute residential care register the date the specialised substitute residential care ceased to be provided by the entity.

(3) If the entity does not have access to the specialised substitute residential care register under section 34(b), the reference in subsection (1) to 5 business days after a child commences specialised substitute residential care with the entity is taken to be a reference to the later of the following—

(a) 5 business days after a child commences specialised substitute residential care with the entity,

(b) 5 business days after the entity has access to the specialised substitute residential care register.

(4) In this section—

significant disability means a disability that—

(a) is attributable to 1 or more intellectual, psychiatric, sensory or physical impairments, and

(b) is permanent or likely to be permanent, and