Children and Community Services (School Age Family Day Care) Amendment Regulations 2006 (WA)

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934 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1 March 2006

Children and Community Services Act 2004

Children and Community Services (School Age

Family Day Care) Amendment Regulations 2006

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.             Citation

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

2.             The regulations amended

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

[* Published in Gazette 18 January 2006, p. 191-238.]

3.             Regulation 1 amended

Regulation 1 is amended by deleting “School Age” and inserting
instead —

Outside School Hours ”.

4.             Regulation 3 amended

Regulation 3 is amended as follows:

(a) in the definition of “care session” by deleting “a school age” and inserting instead —

“ an outside school hours ”;

(b) in the definition of “licence” by deleting “a school age” and inserting instead —

“ an outside school hours ”;

(c) in paragraph (a) of the definition of “place” by deleting “a school age” and inserting instead —

“ an outside school hours ”;

(d) in paragraph (b) of the definition of “place” by deleting “school age” and inserting instead —

“ outside school hours ”;

(e)

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

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(f)

by inserting the following definitions in the appropriate alphabetical positions —

“enrolled child”, in relation to an outside school hours

family day care service, means a child for whom

the service is provided;

“outside school hours family day care licence”

means a licence granted under the Act
section 205(1) authorising the provision of an

outside school hours family day care service;

“outside school hours family day care service”

means a family day care service provided outside
school hours for children of school age or

kindergarten children;

”.

5.             Regulation 4 replaced

Regulation 4 is repealed and the following regulation is inserted
instead —

4.             Meaning of “school age”

A child is of “school age” in a particular year if the
child —

(a)

has reached 5 years and 6 months of age or will reach 5 years and 6 months of age in that year; and

(b) is under 15 years and 6 months of age.

”.

6.             Regulation 6 replaced

Regulation 6 is repealed and the following regulation is inserted
instead —

6.             Outside school hours family day care service prescribed

Under the Act section 232(a), an outside school hours family day care service is prescribed as a type of child care service.

”.

7.             Part 4 heading amended

The heading to Part 4 is amended by deleting “school age” and
inserting instead —
“ outside school hours ”.
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8.             Regulation 49 amended

Regulation 49(1)(a) is amended by deleting “by a person other
than the licensee or supervising officer”.

9.             Regulation 72 amended

Regulation 72(2) is amended by deleting “a school age family
day care” and inserting instead —

“ an outside school hours family day care ”.

10.           Regulation 73 inserted

After regulation 72 the following regulation is inserted —

73.           Continued operation of service in certain circumstances

(1) In an emergency situation or in circumstances where
the licence for the outside school hours family day care
service is suspended or cancelled, the CEO may, in
writing, authorise a person to 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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11.           Various references to “the school age family day care service” changed to “the outside school hours family day care service”

In each place listed in the Table to this regulation “school age”
is deleted and the following is inserted instead —
“ outside school hours ”.

Table

r. 8(b) r. 38(1)
r. 10(1)(f) r. 47
r. 11(1) r. 48(1) and (2)
r. 12(3)(b) r. 67
r. 19(1)(b), (c) and (g) r. 68(1)
r. 22(1)

By Command of the Governor,

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