6Contact with a vulnerable person defined

6 Contact with a vulnerable person defined

In this Act –

contact, between a person and a vulnerable person as part of taking part in a regulated activity, means contact that –

(a) would reasonably be expected as a normal part of taking part in the regulated activity; and

(b) [Section 6 Amended by No. 18 of 2019, s. 7, Applied:01 Feb 2021] is more than incidental, within the meaning of section 6 of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Practice Standards – Worker Screening) Rules 2018 of the Commonwealth, to taking part in the regulated activity; and

(c) is one or more of the following:

(i) physical contact, including taking part in the regulated activity at the same place as the vulnerable person;

(ii) oral communication, whether face-to-face or by telephone;

(iii) [Section 6 Amended by No. 46 of 2015, s. 6, Applied:27 Nov 2015] written communication, including electronic communication.

(iv) [Section 6 Amended by No. 46 of 2015, s. 6, Applied:27 Nov 2015] .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

(v) [Section 6 Amended by No. 46 of 2015, s. 6, Applied:27 Nov 2015] .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .