{"id":"F1998B00059","name":"Child Care (Transitional) Regulations 1998","slug":"child-care-transitional-regulations-1998","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"64 of 1998","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":29759,"registerId":"commonwealth-F1998B00059-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Child Care (Transitional) Regulations 1998","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nStatutory Rules 1998 No. 641\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nChild Care (Transitional) Regulations 1998\n\nI, The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Child Care Legislation Amendment Act 1998.\n\nDated 17 April 1998.\n\nWILLIAM DEANE\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nWARWICK SMITH\n\nMinister for Family Services\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nName of Regulations\n\n1. These Regulations are the Child Care (Transitional) Regulations 1998.\n\nCommencement\n\n2. These Regulations commence on gazettal.\n\nDefinitions\n\n3. In these Regulations:\n\n> Act means the Child Care Act 1972.\n\n> Amendment Act means the Child Care Legislation Amendment Act 1998.\n\n> Guidelines means the Child Care (Eligible Child Care Centres) Guidelines made under subsection 4C (1) of the Act.\n\nContinued operation of Guidelines\n\n4. The Guidelines, as in force immediately before the commencement of item 5 of Schedule 1 to the Amendment Act, continue in force after the commencement of that item as if they were made under subsection 4C (1) of the Act as amended by that item.\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\n> Note: NOTE\n\n> Note: 1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 24 April 1998.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1530},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument maintains its narrow, explicit purpose of providing transitional continuity for administrative guidelines during a statutory amendment."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 regulations total (name, commencement, definitions, and one substantive provision)","Single operative mechanism: a straightforward 'savings' clause preserving existing Guidelines","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements","Minimal cross-referencing (only to the parent Act and Amendment Act)"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations ensure **continuity of childcare rules** during a legal handover.\n\nWhen the *Child Care Act* was amended in 1998, existing administrative rules (called **Guidelines**) technically lost their legal foundation. Rather than rewriting all the Guidelines from scratch, these regulations simply \"save\" the old ones.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Keeps existing Child Care Guidelines in force after the amendment takes effect\n- Treats those Guidelines as if they had been issued under the new (amended) law\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Childcare centres that rely on the Guidelines to know if they qualify for government subsidies\n- Families using those centres\n- Bureaucrats administering the scheme\n\n**Why it matters:**\nWithout this provision, there would have been a legal vacuum—centres wouldn't know which standards applied or whether they were still eligible for funding while the government redrafted the rules."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/child-care-transitional-regulations-1998","history":"/api/acts/child-care-transitional-regulations-1998/history","analysis":"/api/acts/child-care-transitional-regulations-1998/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/child-care-transitional-regulations-1998/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/child-care-transitional-regulations-1998/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/child-care-transitional-regulations-1998/documents"}}