1Purposes

1 Purposes

The main purposes of this Act are—

(a) to regulate registered and unregistered disability workers by—

(i) providing for a registration scheme for disability workers and disability students receiving training to be disability workers; and

(ii) establishing the Disability Worker Registration Board of Victoria; and

(iii) establishing the Victorian Disability Worker Commission; and

(iv) providing for the appointment of the Victorian Disability Worker Commissioner; and

(v) providing for a mechanism by which complaints and notifications in relation to disability workers and disability students may be investigated and dealt with; and

(vi) providing for appropriate information sharing in relation to disability workers; and

(b) to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 1997—

(i) to provide for the rights and duties of SDA residents and SDA providers consistently with the National Disability Insurance Scheme; and

(ii) to provide access to SDA residents and SDA providers to general tenancy arrangements under Part 2 of that Act; and

(iii) to enable SDA residents to exercise choice and control in respect of their accommodation arrangements; and

(c) to make consequential amendments to—

(i) the Health Complaints Act 2016, the Ombudsman Act 1973 and the Public Administration Act 2004 in relation to the regulation of disability workers and disability students; and

(ii) the Disability Act 2006 and other Acts to enable the Residential Tenancies Act 1997 to provide for SDA residents and SDA providers.