51Definitions—worker and carer exclusion scheme

51 Definitions—worker and carer exclusion scheme

characteristics of a WCES service user means the characteristics of a person in relation to which a WCES service is provided including, but not limited to, age and disability;

excluded worker or carer means a person—

(a) who is excluded from providing a WCES service or a class of WCES services under section 79(1)(a); or

(b) in relation to whom an interim exclusion is in force;

interim exclusion means an interim exclusion issued under section 70;

member, in relation to a Panel, means a member of a Panel appointed under section 68(1)(b) or (c);

Panel candidate means a person appointed under section 67;

regulatory entity, in relation to a WCES worker or carer, means any of the following, other than the Regulator—

(a) a Department that is responsible for regulating the WCES service provider by which the WCES worker or carer is employed or engaged;

(b) a body—

(i) that regulates or funds the WCES service provider by which the WCES worker or carer is employed or engaged; and

(ii) that is prescribed to be a regulatory entity in respect of that WCES service provider;

(c) any other body that is prescribed to be a regulatory entity in respect of the WCES worker or carer.

Division 2—Conduct that may lead to exclusion