Child Care Services Act 2007 (WA)

Western Australia

Western Australia

Child Care Services Act 2007

An Act to regulate the provision of child care services, to make consequential amendments to the Children and Community Services Act 2004 and other Acts 1, and to provide for related matters.

This is the Child Care Services Act 2007.

This Act comes into operation as follows:

• (a)

  sections 1 and 2 — on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent;

• (b)

  the rest of the Act — on a day fixed by proclamation, and different days may be fixed for different provisions.

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears —

amendment application means an application under section 32 for the amendment of a licence;

approved means approved by the CEO;

carer has the meaning given in the Children and Community Services Act 2004 section 3;

CEO means the chief executive officer of the Department;

child means a person who is under 18 years of age, and in the absence of positive evidence as to age, means a person who is apparently under 18 years of age;

child care service has the meaning given in section 4;

compliance notice means a compliance notice given under section 43M;

compliance purposes means the purposes of performing one or more of the functions mentioned in section 41A;

corporate applicant means a licence applicant that is a body corporate but is not a public authority;

corporate licensee means a licensee that is a body corporate but is not a public authority;

criminal record check means a document issued by the Police Force of Western Australia, the Australian Federal Police or another body or agency approved by the CEO that sets out, or summarises in a manner acceptable to the CEO, the criminal convictions of an individual for offences under the law of this State, the Commonwealth, another State or a Territory;

Department means the department of the Public Service principally assisting the Minister in the administration of this Act;

departmental officer means a person employed in, or engaged for the purposes of, the Department;

entry warrant means an entry warrant issued under Part 4 Division 2;

family day care service means a type of child care service prescribed as a family day care service for the purposes of this Act;

individual applicant means a licence applicant who is an individual;

licence means a licence under this Act;

licence applicant means —

• (a)

  in the case of a licence application made on behalf of a public authority — the public authority; and

• (b)

  in the case of any other licence application — the person who makes the application;

licence application means an application under section 10;

licence document means a licence document issued under section 33;

licensee means a person who holds a licence;

licensing officer means a person designated…