Statutory Rules
1973 No. 45
REGULATIONS UNDER THE CHILD CARE ACT 1972.
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Child Care Act 1972.
Dated this fifth day of March, 1973.
PAUL HASLUCK
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
KIM E. BEAZLEY
Minister of State for Education.
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CHILD CARE REGULATIONS
Citation.
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Child Care Regulations.
Definitions.
2. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—
“committee” means a committee established under Part V. of the Act;
“member of a committee” means a member of a committee other than the member of the Child Care Standards Committee who is the Chairman of that committee;
“the Act” means the Child Care Act 1972;
“the Chairman ” means the Chairman of the Child Care Standards Committee;
“the Child Care Standards Committee” means the committee established under that name by section 14 of the Act.
Prescribed proportion.
3. For the purpose of each of the following paragraphs of sub-section (2.) of section 11 of the Act, namely, paragraphs (a), (b) and (c), the proportion is one-half.
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* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 15 March 1973.
Prescribed qualifications and experience for nurses.
4. The qualifications and experience specified in an item in the following table are prescribed qualifications and experience in connexion with nursing for the purpose of paragraph (a) of the definition of “nurse” in sub-section (5.) of section 11 of the Act:—
Item | Qualifications | Experience |
1. | Registration as a general nurse under a law of a State or Territory of the Commonwealth providing for the registration of general nurses | Experience, after registration as a general nurse, in nursing, caring for or attending to pre-school aged children in the capacity of a nurse |
2. | Registration as a mothercraft nurse under a law of a State or Territory of the Commonwealth providing for the registration of mothercraft nurses | Experience, after registration as a mother- craft nurse, in nursing, caring for or attending to pre-school aged children in the capacity of a mothercraft nurse |
3. | The qualifications required under the law of the State of Victoria for registration as an infant welfare nurse | Experience, after registration as an infant welfare nurse, in nursing, caring for or attending to pre-school aged children in the capacity of an infant welfare nurse |
Prescribed amounts.
5. For the purpose of sub-section (2.) of section 12 of the Act—
(а) the amount in relation to children who have not attained the age of three years is Twenty-five cents; and
(b) the amount in relation to children who have attained the age of three years is Fifteen cents.
Travelling allowance.
6.—(1.) Where a member of a committee is necessarily absent overnight from the city or town in which he ordinarily resides in the course of performing his duties as a member of the committee, travelling allowance is payable to him at the rate of Twenty-five dollars per day.
(2.) Travelling allowance payable under this regulation is in addition to, and does not include, the cost of conveyance.
Allowance in respect of travel outside Australia.
7.—(1.) Where a member of a Committee travels outside Australia and the Territories of the Commonwealth on the business of the Committee with the approval of the Committee, he is entitled to be paid such allowances as he would be entitled to be paid if he were an officer of the Public Service of the Commonwealth and were included in the Second Division.
(2.) A member of a Committee who is entitled to be paid travelling allowance in respect of a period under the last preceding sub-regulation is not entitled to be paid travelling allowance in respect of that period under the last preceding regulation.
Fees payable to members.
8.—(1.) Subject to sub-regulation (3.) of this regulation, for the purpose of paragraph (a) of sub-section (2.) of section 19 of the Act, the fee payable to a member of a committee, in respect of a day on which he attends a meeting of the committee, is—
(a) if the duration of the meeting is less than three hours—Twenty dollars; or
(b) in any other case—Thirty-five dollars.
(2.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, for the purposes of paragraph (b) of sub-section (1.) of section 19 of the Act, the fee payable to a member of a committee, in respect of a day on which he is engaged, with the approval of the committee, on business of the committee, is—
(a) if he is so engaged on that day for less than three hours—Twenty dollars: or
(b) in any other case—Thirty-five dollars.
(3.) Where a member of a committee—
(a) attends, on a day, a meeting of the committee; and
(b) is also, on the same day, engaged, with the approval of the committee, for a period on other business of the committee,
the fee payable to him in respect of that day is—
(c) if the duration of that meeting and the period referred to in paragraph (b) of this sub-regulation aggregate less than three hours—Twenty dollars; or
(d) in any other case—Thirty-five dollars.
Mileage allowance.
9.—(1.) A member of a committee may make application to the Chairman of the committee for permission to use his motor vehicle—
(a) during a period specified in the application; or
(b) for travelling on a journey specified in the application,
for the purpose of engaging, with the approval of the committee, on business of the committee.
(2.) Where—
(a) application is made to the Chairman of a committee by a member of the committee under the last preceding sub-regulation; and
(b) the use by the member of his motor vehicle in accordance with the application would result in greater efficiency in carrying on the business of the committee would involve the Commonwealth in less expense than would be the case if public transport or a vehicle owned by the Commonwealth were used,
the Chairman of the committee shall, by instrument in writing, grant to the member permission to use his motor vehicle in accordance with the application.
(3.) Where a member of a committee is granted permission under the last preceding sub-regulation to use his motor vehicle, an allowance is payable to the member for each mile that the member travels in the vehicle in accordance with that permission.
(4.) The rate at which an allowance is payable to a member of a committee under the last preceding sub-regulation is—
(a) in respect of travel during a period specified in the instrument granting him permission to travel in his own vehicle—the rate at which an allowance would be payable to him under regulation 90 of the Public Service Regulations as in force from time to time if he were an officer of the Public Service and were using his motor vehicle in the course of performing his duties as such an officer and the permission granted under sub-regulation (2.) of this regulation were an authority given to him by his Chief Officer under regulation 90 of the Public Service Regulations; or
(b) in any other case—the rate at which an allowance would be payable to him under regulation 90A of the Public Service Regulations as in force from time to time if he were an officer of the Public Service and were using his motor vehicle in the course of performing his duties as such an officer and the permission granted under sub-regulation (2.) of this regulation were a permission granted to him by his Chief Officer under regulation 90A of the Public Service Regulations.