Social Services Regulations 2023
35Prescribed notification periods
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35 Prescribed notification periods
(1) For the purposes of section 47(2)(b) of the Act, the prescribed period in the case of any change referred to in section 47(1)(a), (c), (d), (e) or (g) of the Act is the period of 28 days after the change occurs.
(2) For the purposes of section 47(2)(b) of the Act, the prescribed period in the case of any change referred to in section 47(1)(b) of the Act is—
(a) in the case of a registered social service provider of a supported residential service, the period of 7 days after the change occurs; or
(b) in the case of a registered social service provider that is an unincorporated body that does not have a committee of management, the period of 7 days after the change occurs; or
(c) in the case of any other registered social service provider, the period of 28 days after the change occurs.
(3) For the purposes of section 47(2)(b) of the Act, the prescribed period in the case of any conviction referred to in section 47(1)(f) of the Act is the period of 7 days after the conviction becomes known to the registered social service provider.
(4) For the purposes of section 47(2)(b) of the Act, the prescribed period in the case of any matter prescribed for the purposes of section 47(1)(h) of the Act is—
(a) in the case of a matter set out in clauses 1 to 5 of Schedule 2, the period of 7 days after the matter becomes known to the registered social service provider; or
(b) in any other case, within 28 days after the matter occurs.