Children and Community Services Amendment Regulations 2006 (WA)

1 March 2006 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 927

Children and Community Services Act 2004

Children and Community Services Amendment

Regulations 2006

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.             Citation

These regulations are the Children and Community Services
Amendment Regulations 2006.

2.             The regulations amended

The amendments in these regulations are to the Children and
Community Services Regulations 2006*.

[* Published in Gazette 18 January 2006, p. 353-72.]

3.             Regulation 22A inserted

After regulation 22 the following regulation is inserted —

“

22A.	Age prescribed for s. 198(1)
The age of 15 years and 6 months is prescribed for purposes of section 198(1).

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4.             Regulation 23 amended

(1) Regulation 23(1) is amended as follows:

(a)	by deleting the full stop at the end of the definition of “first aid qualifications” and inserting a semicolon instead;
(b)	by inserting the following definition —

“

“secondary programme” has the meaning given to

that term in the School Education Regulations 2000 regulation 3(1).

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(2) After regulation 23(4) the following subregulations are
inserted —

“

(5) Care provided to a child is excluded from the
application of section 198(1) if the care is provided
solely for the purposes of —

(a)	the child’s participation in religious instruction or sporting, educational, recreational or cultural events or activities; or
(b)	the child’s membership of a non-profit community organisation.

(6) Care provided solely to children who are enrolled in a
secondary programme is excluded from the application
of section 198(1).

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5.             Regulation 27A inserted

After regulation 27 the following regulation is inserted —

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27A.	Holders of existing authorisations taken to hold licences of a particular type
(1)	A person who holds an existing authorisation —

(a)	to which the Community Services (Child Care) Regulations 1988 applied immediately before commencement day; and
(b)	which authorises the provision of a child care service other than a family day care service,

is to be taken to hold a child care licence as defined in
the Children and Community Services (Child Care)

Regulations 2006 regulation 3.

(2) A person who holds an existing authorisation —

(a)	to which the Community Services (Child Care) Regulations 1988 applied immediately before commencement day; and
(b)	which authorises the provision of a family day care service,

is to be taken to hold a family day care licence as defined in the Children and Community Services (Family Day Care) Regulations 2006 regulation 3.

(3) A person who holds an existing authorisation which
was an outside school hours care centre licence or
outside school hours care centre permit under the
Community Services (Outside School Hours Care)
Regulations 2002 immediately before commencement
day is to be taken to hold an outside school hours care

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licence as defined in the Children and Community
Services (Outside School Hours Care)

Regulations 2006 regulation 3.

(4) A person who holds an existing authorisation which
was a school age family day care licence or school age
family day care permit under the Community Services
(Outside School Hours Care) Regulations 2002
immediately before commencement day is to be taken
to hold an outside school hours family day care licence
as defined in the Children and Community Services
(Outside School Hours Family Day Care)
Regulations 2006 regulation 3.

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By Command of the Governor,

M. C. WAUCHOPE, Clerk of the Executive Council.