1 Name of Regulation
2 Commencement
3 Application
4 Definitions
5 Meaning of “notifiable offence”
6 Meaning of “required abilities to care for children”
Division 1 Applications for licences
7 Who may apply for a licence?
8 How is an application for a new licence made?
9 Personal information to be contained in application
10 Identity documents to accompany application
11 Documents showing applicant is a fit and proper person
12 Information to be provided by applicant who is neither a natural person nor a public authority
13 Information about training and development
14 Information about abilities, experience and capacity of applicant for a licence for a home based children’s service
15 Authorised supervisor
16 Information about premises to accompany application—centre based or mobile children’s service
17 Venue management plans for mobile children’s services
18 Statements and undertakings about facilities and equipment, administration and policies to accompany application
19 Waiver and postponement of certain requirements
20 Advertising of application and copy of advertisement to accompany application
21 Further licences
22 Grant of licence
22A Refund or waiver of annual fee
23 Form of licence
24 Term of licence
25 Licence conditions generally
25A Annual fee
Division 3 Variation, suspension and revocation of licences
26 Grounds for variation, suspension or revocation of licence
27 Variation, suspension or revocation of licence
28 Notice to parents of variation or revocation of licence
29 Change of mobile children’s service
Part 3 Licence conditions—facilities and equipment requirements
30 Space requirements: centre based children’s services
31 Laundry
32 Craft preparation facilities: centre based or mobile children’s service
33 Food preparation facilities
34 Toilets and washing facilities
35 Nappy change facilities
36 Sleeping facilities
37 Storage facilities
38 Swimming pools
39 Telephone
40 Development and play equipment
41 First aid kits
42 Fire safety equipment
43 Ventilation, light and heating
44 Hot water
45 Fencing
46 Glass
47 Cleanliness, maintenance and repairs
48 Safe environment—centre based or mobile children’s service
49 Repair of premises
50 Facilities and equipment requirements—responsibility of family day care carer
Part 4 Licence conditions—staffing requirements
Division 1 Staff of centre based and mobile children’s services
51 Employment of staff
52 Qualified staff
53 Staff to child ratios
54 Cooking staff
55 Additional staff
56 Supervision by authorised supervisor—centre based children’s service
57 Use of volunteers
Part 5 Licence conditions—child number requirements
58 Number of children
59 Director-General may approve emergency child care arrangements
60 Requirements for approval of emergency child care arrangements
61 Group size—centre based or mobile children’s service
62 Caring for school children at service—centre based or mobile children’s service
63 Service to be provided only to children enrolled at service
Part 6 Licence conditions—operational requirements
64 Programs for children
65 Interactions with children
66 Supervision of children
67 Child health
68 Food and nutrition
69 Pool safety
70 Storage of dangerous substances and equipment
71 Animals
72 Plants
Division 2 Information about and access to children
73 Obtaining information about child
74 Arrival and departure of child
75 Access to children
76 Information and access to be denied to certain persons
77 Authority for excursions
78 Conduct of excursions: general
79 Conduct of excursions: water hazards
80 Illness, accident and emergency treatment
81 Medication
82 Infectious diseases
83 Emergency and evacuation procedures
84 Family day care carer or home based licensee to hold first aid qualification
Part 7 Licence conditions—administrative requirements
85 Policies to be made available
86 Information or documents required by Director-General
87 Entry and inspection
88 Notice of complaint
89 Public liability insurance
90 Display of licence and family day care carer’s certificate of registration
91 Copy of Regulation to be kept on premises of service
92 Records in relation to children
93 Records in relation to staff and visitors
94 Records in relation to attendance at children’s service
95 Records about programs for children, developmental records, daily routine
96 Retention of records
97 Inspection of records
98 Confidentiality guidelines
99 Mobile children’s service register
100 Family day care register
101 Removal of names from family day care register
Division 3 Authorised supervisors
102 Change of authorised supervisor
103 Temporary supervisors
104 Application of licence conditions if no authorised supervisor
105 Notice of change relating to authorised supervisor
106 Notice of proposed change to constitution of licensee
107 Notice of change in management of licensee: public authorities
108 Notice of change in management of licensee: bodies other than public authorities
109 Notice of significant change in circumstances of licensee
110 Notice of change in contact information to be notified
111 Notice of cessation of children’s service
112 Notice of changes to premises—centre based, mobile or home based children’s service
113 Notice of change to family day care carer’s home
114 Notice of criminal charges or convictions—licensee
115 Notice of criminal charges or convictions—family day care carer
116 Informing and meeting family day care carers
117 Probity check of proposed licensee and supervisor
118 Probity checks of proposed staff
119 Nature of probity check
120 By whom probity check to be carried out
121 Probity check to be carried out in compliance with guidelines
122 Unauthorised disclosure or dishonest collection of information
Part 8A Approved child-minding services in retail shopping centres
122A Application of Part
122B Definitions
122C Child-minding services to which this Part applies to comply with the Standards
122D Application for approval
122E Approvals
122F Probity checks
122G Director-General may require information or documents
122H Effect of approval
123 Review by Administrative Decisions Tribunal—general
123A Review by Administrative Decisions Tribunal of certain family day care service licensee’s decisions
124 Original documents may be used instead of certified copies
125 Savings and transitional provisions
Schedule 1 Licence conditions—records to be kept for each child
Schedule 1A Standards applying to approved child-minding services in retail shopping centres