residential facility
A residential facility means a place at which a child accommodation service is provided either:
- by a prescribed department
- under funding provided by a prescribed department
- under funding provided by the Commonwealth and administered by a prescribed department
- under a licence under the Child Protection Act 1999
- to children who are, under the Child Protection Act 1999, in the custody or guardianship of the chief executive of Child Safety—if the place is prescribed under a regulation made for this paragraph .
The prescribed departments are those responsible for:
- the care and protection of children
- community services
- disability services
- mental health.