135Offence relating to unregistered social service providers

135 Offence relating to unregistered social service providers

(1) A person must not provide a social service, or engage another to provide a social service on its behalf, unless the person is registered under Part 3 to provide that social service.

Section 297 provides that this section is a civil penalty provision. The penalty for contravention of this civil penalty provision is set out in the table in section 297.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who is employed or engaged by a registered social service provider to provide a social service on behalf of the registered social service provider.

(3) A person who is not registered under Part 3 to provide a social service must not purport to be registered in respect of that service.

Penalty: 600 penalty units, in the case of an individual;

3000 penalty units, in the case of a body corporate.