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Residential Services (Accreditation) Act 2002
sec.177Matters arising under other Acts
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### sec.177 Matters arising under other Acts
This section applies if, in the course of carrying out a function or exercising a power under a prescribed Act, a public service officer becomes aware of a matter that the officer reasonably believes—
is a contravention of this Act; or
concerns the conduct of a residential service and is adversely affecting the health, safety or wellbeing of a resident in the service.
The officer must report the matter to the chief executive, unless the officer knows, or reasonably supposes, that the chief executive is aware of the matter.
In this section—
prescribed Act means—
the Health Ombudsman Act 2013 ; or
the Powers of Attorney Act 1998 ; or
the Public Guardian Act 2014 ; or
the Public Trustee Act 1978 ; or
the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2009 .
s 177 amd 2006 No. 25 s 241 (1) sch 3 ; 2009 No. 24 s 749 ; 2013 No. 36 s 331 sch 1 ; 2014 No. 26 s 280
(sec.177-ssec.1) This section applies if, in the course of carrying out a function or exercising a power under a prescribed Act, a public service officer becomes aware of a matter that the officer reasonably believes— is a contravention of this Act; or concerns the conduct of a residential service and is adversely affecting the health, safety or wellbeing of a resident in the service.
(sec.177-ssec.2) The officer must report the matter to the chief executive, unless the officer knows, or reasonably supposes, that the chief executive is aware of the matter.
(sec.177-ssec.3) In this section— prescribed Act means— the Health Ombudsman Act 2013 ; or the Powers of Attorney Act 1998 ; or the Public Guardian Act 2014 ; or the Public Trustee Act 1978 ; or the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2009 .
- (a) is a contravention of this Act; or
- (b) concerns the conduct of a residential service and is adversely affecting the health, safety or wellbeing of a resident in the service.
- (a) the Health Ombudsman Act 2013 ; or
- (b) the Powers of Attorney Act 1998 ; or
- (c) the Public Guardian Act 2014 ; or
- (d) the Public Trustee Act 1978 ; or
- (e) the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2009 .