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.