53DCommunity-Based Intake Service

53D Community-Based Intake Service

[Section 53D Inserted by No. 22 of 2009, s. 15, Applied:01 Aug 2009]

(1)  The Secretary may enter into an agreement with an organisation for the carrying out of the functions of a Community-Based Intake Service.

(2)  The agreement is to specify –

(a) the terms of the agreement; and

(b) any functions to be provided by the organisation under the agreement that are in addition to the functions set out in section 53E(1) ; and

(c) that the Community-Based Intake Service must comply with the CBIS guidelines; and

(d) any other matter considered by the Secretary to be appropriate.

(3)  The Secretary may revoke the agreement if satisfied that the Community-Based Intake Service is not –

(a) complying with the agreement; or

(b) adequately performing the functions of a Community-Based Intake Service set out in section 53E(1) ; or

(c) complying with the CBIS guidelines.

(4)  Except as otherwise specified in the agreement, the agreement does not limit –

(a) the services that may be provided by the Community-Based Intake Service; or

(b) other functions and powers that the Community-Based Intake Service may perform and exercise.