Building Fire Safety Regulation 2008
sec.12Locking doors—children in education and care service premises or QEC approved services or persons in custody
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sec.12 Locking doors—children in education and care service premises or QEC approved services or persons in custody
This section applies if— a child (an occupant ) is in a building being used for conducting a centre based education and care service or QEC approved service; or a person (also an occupant ) is being held in lawful custody in a building. If the occupant is within the building on the internal side of a door on an evacuation route of the building, a person must not lock the door in a way that would be likely to unduly restrict, hinder or delay a custodian for the occupant in opening the door. Maximum penalty—30 penalty units. The occupier of the building must ensure that a door on an evacuation route of the building can not be locked in a way that would be likely to unduly restrict, hinder or delay a custodian for the occupant in opening the door. Maximum penalty—30 penalty units. In this section— centre based education and care service means an approved education and care service, other than a family day care service, under the Education and Care Services National Law (Queensland) . custodian , for an occupant, means— if the occupant is a child in a building being used for conducting a centre based education and care service—a person providing education and care as part of the service; or if the occupant is a child in a building being used for conducting a QEC approved service—a person providing regulated education and care as part of a QEC approved service; or if the occupant is being held in lawful custody in a building—a person who controls the movement of the occupant within the building. QEC approved service see the Education and Care Services Act 2013 , schedule 1 . s 12 amd 2011 SL No. 278 s 5 ; 2013 SL No. 265 s 81 sch 5 pt 2 (sec.12-ssec.1) This section applies if— a child (an occupant ) is in a building being used for conducting a centre based education and care service or QEC approved service; or a person (also an occupant ) is being held in lawful custody in a building. (sec.12-ssec.2) If the occupant is within the building on the internal side of a door on an evacuation route of the building, a person must not lock the door in a way that would be likely to unduly restrict, hinder or delay a custodian for the occupant in opening the door. Maximum penalty—30 penalty units. (sec.12-ssec.3) The occupier of the building must ensure that a door on an evacuation route of the building can not be locked in a way that would be likely to unduly restrict, hinder or delay a custodian for the occupant in opening the door. Maximum penalty—30 penalty units. (sec.12-ssec.4) In this section— centre based education and care service means an approved education and care service, other than a family day care service, under the Education and Care Services National Law (Queensland) . custodian , for an occupant, means— if the occupant is a child in a building being used for conducting a centre based education and care service—a person providing education and care as part of the service; or if the occupant is a child in a building being used for conducting a QEC approved service—a person providing regulated education and care as part of a QEC approved service; or if the occupant is being held in lawful custody in a building—a person who controls the movement of the occupant within the building. QEC approved service see the Education and Care Services Act 2013 , schedule 1 .