Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024A00118:clause:2_10kb
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Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 10KB
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10KB  Definition of children's contact services
 (1) Children's contact services are services, other than services mentioned in subsection (3), that:
 (a) facilitate contact between a child and a member of the child's family with whom the child is not living; and
 (b) are provided in circumstances where members of the family may not be able to safely manage such contact; and
 (c) are provided:
 (i) on a professional basis; or
 (ii) on a commercial basis; or
 (iii) by an entity registered under the Australian Charities and Not‑for‑profits Commission Act 2012 as the type of entity mentioned in column 1 of item 1 of the table in subsection 25‑5(5) of that Act; or
 (iv) in the course of an undertaking that has a charitable purpose.
 (2) Without limiting paragraph (1)(a), services that facilitate contact may include any of the following:
 (a) supervising the movement of the child between 2 or more members of the child's family;
 (b) supervising time spent by the child with a member of the child's family (including contact over the phone or internet);
 (c) providing a space for the child to spend time with a member of the child's family.
 (3) The following services are not children's contact services:
 (a) services provided as a result of intervention by a child welfare officer of a State or Territory;
 (b) supervision of contact (including contact over the phone or internet) between a child and a member of the child's family who is in a correctional institution (however described);
 (c) services prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph.