Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) The director-general may authorise a person to carry out care and protection assessments (an "authorised assessor").
Note Power to make a statutory instrument includes power to make different provision for different categories (see Legislation Act
, s 48).
(2) The director-general may authorise a person only if the director-general considers the person is suitably qualified to carry out care and protection assessments.
Examples—suitably qualified people
1 a doctor or nurse to carry out medical examinations
2 a social worker or psychologist to carry out social assessments
3 an occupational therapist or other health practitioner to carry out developmental assessments
4 another person with qualifications or expertise to carry out assessments
Note Certain people conducting an activity, or providing a service, under this Act are required to be registered under the Working with Vulnerable People Act
(see that Act, s 11 and sch 1).
(3) An authorisation is a notifiable instrument.
Note A notifiable instrument must be notified under the Legislation Act
.