Victorian Numbered Acts

DISABILITY SERVICE SAFEGUARDS ACT 2018 (NO. 38 OF 2018) - SECT 1

The main purposes of this Act are—

        (a)     to regulate registered and unregistered disability workers by—

              (i)     providing for a registration scheme for disability workers and disability students receiving training to be disability workers; and

              (ii)     establishing the Disability Worker Registration Board of Victoria; and

              (iii)     establishing the Victorian Disability Worker Commission; and

              (iv)     providing for the appointment of the Victorian Disability Worker Commissioner; and

              (v)     providing for a mechanism by which complaints and notifications in relation to disability workers and disability students may be investigated and dealt with; and

              (vi)     providing for appropriate information sharing in relation to disability workers; and

        (b)     to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 1997 —

              (i)     to provide for the rights and duties of SDA residents and SDA providers consistently with the National Disability Insurance Scheme; and

              (ii)     to provide access to SDA residents and SDA providers to general tenancy arrangements under Part 2 of that Act; and

              (iii)     to enable SDA residents to exercise choice and control in respect of their accommodation arrangements; and

        (c)     to make consequential amendments to—

              (i)     the Health Complaints Act 2016 , the Ombudsman Act 1973 and the Public Administration Act 2004 in relation to the regulation of disability workers and disability students; and

              (ii)     the Disability Act 2006 and other Acts to enable the Residential Tenancies Act 1997 to provide for SDA residents and SDA providers.