Children and Community Services (Early Childhood Family Day Care) Amendment Regulations 2006 (WA)

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1 March 2006 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 937

Children and Community Services Act 2004

Children and Community Services (Early Childhood Family Day Care) Amendment

Regulations 2006

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.             Citation

These regulations are the Children and Community Services
(Early Childhood Family Day Care) Amendment
Regulations 2006.

2.             The regulations amended

The amendments in these regulations are to the Children and
Community Services (Early Childhood Family Day Care)
Regulations 2006*.

[* Published in Gazette 18 January 2006, p. 239-88.]

3.             Regulation 1 amended

Regulation 1 is amended by deleting “Early Childhood”.

4.             Regulation 3 amended

Regulation 3 is amended as follows:

(a) in the definition of “care session” by deleting “an early childhood family day care” and inserting instead —

“ a ”;

(b)

by deleting the definitions of “early childhood family day care licence”, “early childhood family day care service” and “enrolled child”;

(c)

by inserting the following definitions in the appropriate alphabetical positions —

“enrolled child”, in relation to a service, means a child

for whom the service is provided;

“family day care licence” means a licence granted

under the Act section 205(1) authorising the

provision of a service;

“secondary programme” has the meaning given to

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

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“service” means a family day care service provided for

a child who has not commenced a secondary

programme;

”;

(d) in the definition of “licence” by deleting “an early childhood” and inserting instead —

“ a ”;

(e) in paragraph (a) of the definition of “place” by deleting “an early childhood family day care” and inserting instead —

“ a ”;

(f) in paragraph (b) of the definition of “place” by deleting “early childhood family day care”.

5.             Regulation 5 replaced

Regulation 5 is repealed and the following regulation is inserted
instead —

5.             Service prescribed

Under the Act section 232(a), a service is prescribed as
a type of child care service.

”.

6.             Part 3 Division 6 heading amended

The heading to Part 3 Division 6 is amended by deleting “early
childhood family day care”.

7.             Part 4 heading amended

The heading to Part 4 is amended by deleting “early childhood
family day care”.

8.             Regulation 66 amended

Regulation 66(b) and (c) and “and” after paragraph (c) are
deleted and the following is inserted instead —

(b) the child is adequately supervised; and

”.

9.             Regulation 90 inserted

After regulation 89 the following regulation is inserted —

90.           Continued operation of service in certain circumstances

(1)

In an emergency situation or in circumstances where the licence for the service is suspended or cancelled, the CEO may, in writing, authorise a person to

1 March 2006 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 939

continue to operate a service for a period specified in

the authorisation.

(2) The period specified in the authorisation must not be
longer than 3 months.
(3) A person authorised under subregulation (1) is to be
taken to be the licensee for the purposes of the Act and
the regulations.

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10.           Various references to “an early childhood family day care service” changed to “a service”

In each place listed in the Table to this regulation “an early
childhood family day care” is deleted and the following is
inserted instead —
“ a ”.

Table

r. 31(2) r. 89(2)

11.           Various references to “early childhood family day care” deleted

In each place listed in the Table to this regulation “early
childhood family day care” is deleted.

Table

r. 7(b) r. 54(1) and (4)
r. 9(1)(f) r. 63(1)(a), (b), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j)
and (k)
r. 10(1) r. 64
r. 11(3)(b) r. 65(1) and (2)
r. 18(1)(b), (c) and (g) r. 82(a)
r. 21(1) r. 83
r. 33(1)

By Command of the Governor,

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