348APanel candidates

348A Panel candidates

(1) A person who is a Panel candidate appointed under section 67 immediately before the commencement day is, on and from that day, taken to be a panel candidate appointed under section 291C.

(2) A person is taken to be appointed under subsection (1) subject to the same conditions as those to which the person's appointment was subject immediately before the commencement day.

(3) Nothing in this section—

(a) prevents a person from resigning as a panel candidate, or the person's appointment being revoked, at any time after the commencement day in accordance with this Act; or

(b) affects the person's appointment as a Panel candidate under section 67.

commencement day means the day on which Part 3.3 of the Social Services Regulation Amendment (Child Safety, Complaints and Worker Regulation) Act 2025 comes into operation.

S. 348B inserted by No. 58/2025 s. 149.