Child Care Act 1972
4AChild care centres
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4A Child care centres
(1) Subject to subsection (2), a child care centre is a place: (a) that provides, or proposes to provide, child care for children: (i) all of whom are residing in their own homes; and (ii) all or the majority of whom are of pre‑school age; and (iii) all or the majority of whom attend the place on a regular basis; and (b) in relation to which either of the following subparagraphs applies: (i) the place provides, or proposes to provide, that child care: (A) for not less than 8 hours on each normal working day; and (B) on all normal working days in not less than 48 weeks in the year; (ii) the place is a place that the Minister determines should be treated as a child care centre for the purposes of this Act. (2) For the purposes of Part IVA, a place is a child care centre whether or not all or the majority of the children for whom child care is provided at the place attend the place on a regular basis.