Community Services Act 2007
sec.16Meaning of serious concern
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sec.16 Meaning of serious concern
A serious concern for funding received by a funded entity exists if any of the following happen or there is a serious risk that any of the following will happen— the funding received by the funded entity is improperly used; funding is used for a dishonest or fraudulent purpose funding is used for a purpose other than providing a funded product or service the funded entity significantly fails to deliver a funded product or service; closing an emergency accommodation service delivered with funding where the service is required, under the funding agreement, to be continually open an act done or omission made by the funded entity in providing a funded product or service results in harm to an individual; an individual uses a funded service delivered by a funded entity and the individual suffers physical, psychological, emotional or financial harm as a result of neglect, abuse or exploitation by the funded entity if the funded entity received the funding to deliver disability services to which the Disability Services Act 2006 applies—the funded entity contravenes a provision of the Disability Services Act 2006 . s 16 sub 2014 No. 12 s 8
- (a) the funding received by the funded entity is improperly used; Examples of improper use of funding— • funding is used for a dishonest or fraudulent purpose • funding is used for a purpose other than providing a funded product or service
- • funding is used for a dishonest or fraudulent purpose
- • funding is used for a purpose other than providing a funded product or service
- (b) the funded entity significantly fails to deliver a funded product or service; Example of significantly failing to deliver a product or service— closing an emergency accommodation service delivered with funding where the service is required, under the funding agreement, to be continually open
- (c) an act done or omission made by the funded entity in providing a funded product or service results in harm to an individual; Example— an individual uses a funded service delivered by a funded entity and the individual suffers physical, psychological, emotional or financial harm as a result of neglect, abuse or exploitation by the funded entity
- (d) if the funded entity received the funding to deliver disability services to which the Disability Services Act 2006 applies—the funded entity contravenes a provision of the Disability Services Act 2006 .
- • funding is used for a dishonest or fraudulent purpose
- • funding is used for a purpose other than providing a funded product or service