{"id":"qld:sl-2022-0098","name":"Education and Care Services National Law (Queensland) Regulation 2022","slug":"education-and-care-services-national-law-queensland-regulation-2022","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"qld","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"98 of 2022","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":173842,"registerId":"qld-sl-2022-0098-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"pt.1","sectionType":"part","heading":"Preliminary","content":"# Preliminary","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"sec.1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Short title","content":"### sec.1 Short title\n\nThis regulation may be cited as the Education and Care Services National Law (Queensland) Regulation 2022 .","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"sec.2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### sec.2 Commencement\n\nThis regulation commences on 2 September 2022.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"pt.2","sectionType":"part","heading":"Central governing bodies","content":"# Central governing bodies","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"sec.3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Central governing bodies— Act , s 32","content":"### sec.3 Central governing bodies— Act , s 32\n\nFor section 32 of the Act , definition central governing body , the following entities are prescribed—\nCatholic Education Queensland Ltd ACN 689 899 223;\nIndependent Schools Queensland Ltd ACN 614 893 140;\nQueensland Lutheran Early Childhood Services;\nThe Creche and Kindergarten Association Limited ACN 150 737 849;\nThe Gowrie (Qld) Inc.\ns 3 amd 2025 Act No. 24 s 39ZB\n- (a) Catholic Education Queensland Ltd ACN 689 899 223;\n- (b) Independent Schools Queensland Ltd ACN 614 893 140;\n- (c) Queensland Lutheran Early Childhood Services;\n- (d) The Creche and Kindergarten Association Limited ACN 150 737 849;\n- (e) The Gowrie (Qld) Inc.","sortOrder":4}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation remains tightly focused on its original and only purpose: prescribing which entities qualify as central governing bodies under section 32 of the Act. The 2025 amendment appears to have updated organisational details (such as a name or ACN) rather than expanding the regulation's scope or intent."},"complexity_factors":["Very short regulation with only two operative provisions","Requires cross-referencing the parent Act (Education and Care Services National Law) to understand the legal significance of 'central governing body' status","Corporate names and ACN numbers require some familiarity with entity identification","One amendment already made (2025), meaning the current text differs from the original — readers need to track changes"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation formally names five peak early‑childhood organisations (Catholic Education Queensland; Independent Schools Queensland; Queensland Lutheran Early Childhood Services; The Creche and Kindergarten Association Limited (C&K); The Gowrie (Qld) Inc.) as central governing bodies under Queensland’s education and care law. That status lets them carry out certain regulatory responsibilities for the services they oversee, simplifying compliance and affecting affiliated centres, their staff, and the families who use those services."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This regulation maintains its original narrow purpose: prescribing specific entities as central governing bodies under the National Law. The 2025 amendment appears to be a technical update to the same section rather than an expansion of scope. The document remains a simple administrative instrument with no evidence of scope creep."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short document (only 3 substantive sections)","No defined terms section - relies entirely on definitions in the parent Act","Single operative provision (section 3) with a simple list function","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond the basic reference to 'section 32 of the Act'","Straightforward amendment history notation (s 3 amd 2025 Act No. 24 s 39ZB) that doesn't affect readability"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation is a Queensland-specific piece of legislation that works alongside the national Education and Care Services National Law. Its main job is to officially name which organisations count as \"central governing bodies\" for early childhood education and care services in Queensland.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Names five specific organisations** that are recognised as \"central governing bodies\" under the national law. These are:\n  - Catholic Education Queensland Ltd\n  - Independent Schools Queensland Ltd\n  - Queensland Lutheran Early Childhood Services\n  - The Creche and Kindergarten Association Limited (C&K)\n  - The Gowrie (Qld) Inc.\n\n**Why this matters:**\nBeing named as a \"central governing body\" gives these organisations special status under child care law. It typically means they can act as umbrella organisations for multiple education and care services, handling approvals and regulatory matters on behalf of member services rather than each individual service dealing directly with government.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- The five named organisations and any child care services they govern\n- Families using child care services affiliated with these bodies\n- The Queensland regulatory authority that oversees child care standards\n\nThis is essentially a technical, administrative regulation that updates Queensland's list of approved central governing bodies to match the national framework."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"sec.1 (Short title) - duplicate heading","severity":"low","reasoning":"While this is likely a drafting/formatting error rather than a substantive legal flaw, the recursive nesting of identical section headings creates ambiguity about which instance constitutes the operative provision. In strict statutory interpretation, duplicate provisions can raise questions about which controls.","confidence":0.6,"description":"Section 1 appears twice with identical headings ('sec.1 Short title') nested within each other, creating a redundant and potentially ambiguous structural duplication in the document."},{"type":"other","section":"sec.3 - duplicate content","severity":"low","reasoning":"The section body contains the full list of entities in unstructured prose, immediately followed by the same list in a lettered format. Both appear to be operative text rather than one being a heading or note. This creates ambiguity about which version of the list is authoritative, and whether any divergence between the two in a future amendment would create a contradiction.","confidence":0.65,"description":"Section 3 lists the five prescribed central governing bodies twice — once in paragraph form and then again as a lettered list (a) through (e) — with identical content, creating redundant operative text within the same section."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"medium","section_a":"sec.2 Commencement","section_b":"sec.3 amendment note 's 3 amd 2025 Act No. 24 s 39ZB'","confidence":0.7,"description":"The regulation commenced on 2 September 2022, yet section 3 was subsequently amended by a 2025 Act. The current consolidated text of section 3 does not distinguish which entities were prescribed from commencement and which were added or removed by the 2025 amendment, making it impossible to determine the historical legal position from the face of the document alone."}]},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation does not expand the Act's substantive regulatory reach; it confines scope by specifying which organisations are treated as 'central governing bodies' (s 3) and sets commencement and citation details. It implements, rather than broadens, the Act's governance framework."},"complexity_factors":["Very short, narrowly focused instrument (few provisions)","Prescriptive list of named entities with corporate identifiers (legal precision required)","Operates by reference to a definition in the principal Act (dependent interpretation)","Minor technical amendment note present (amendment reference may affect reading)","Low compliance complexity but legal effects depend on how the Act allocates duties to 'central governing bodies'"],"plain_english_summary":"This short regulation sets its start date and formally names five specific organisations that count as \"central governing bodies\" for the Education and Care Services National Law (so the regulator will treat those organisations as the decision-makers for services they govern). The immediate effect is to concentrate compliance, governance and regulatory obligations on the listed bodies and on the services governed by them (s 3)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/education-and-care-services-national-law-queensland-regulation-2022","history":"/api/acts/education-and-care-services-national-law-queensland-regulation-2022/history","analysis":"/api/acts/education-and-care-services-national-law-queensland-regulation-2022/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/education-and-care-services-national-law-queensland-regulation-2022/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/education-and-care-services-national-law-queensland-regulation-2022/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/education-and-care-services-national-law-queensland-regulation-2022/documents"}}