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Registration to Work with Vulnerable People Act 2013
6Contact with a vulnerable person defined
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### 6 Contact with a vulnerable person defined
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> > ***contact***, between a person and a vulnerable person as part of taking part in a regulated activity, means contact that –
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> > > > (a) would reasonably be expected as a normal part of taking part in the regulated activity; and
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> > > > (b) [*\[Section 6 Amended by No. 18 of 2019, s. 7, Applied:01 Feb 2021\]*](/view/html/inforce/2021-02-01/act-2019-018#GS7@EN) 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
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> > > > (c) is one or more of the following:
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> > > > > > (i) physical contact, including taking part in the regulated activity at the same place as the vulnerable person;
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> > > > > > (ii) oral communication, whether face-to-face or by telephone;
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> > > > > > (iii) [*\[Section 6 Amended by No. 46 of 2015, s. 6, Applied:27 Nov 2015\]*](/view/html/inforce/2015-11-27/act-2015-046#GS6@Hpa@EN) written communication, including electronic communication.
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> > > > > > (iv) [*\[Section 6 Amended by No. 46 of 2015, s. 6, Applied:27 Nov 2015\]*](/view/html/inforce/2015-11-27/act-2015-046#GS6@Hpb@EN) . . . . . . . .
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> > > > > > (v) [*\[Section 6 Amended by No. 46 of 2015, s. 6, Applied:27 Nov 2015\]*](/view/html/inforce/2015-11-27/act-2015-046#GS6@Hpb@EN) . . . . . . . .