New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS (CARE AND PROTECTION) ACT 1998 - SECT 139

139 Who is a “designated agency”?

(1) In this Act, "designated agency" means:

(a) a Division of the Government Service (or branch or other part of a Division), or

(b) an organisation (or branch or other part of an organisation) that arranges the provision of out-of-home care,

if the Division or organisation (or branch or other part of the Division or organisation) is accredited for the time being in accordance with the regulations.

(2) The regulations may prescribe the standards with which an applicant for accreditation must comply in order to be accredited as a designated agency.