18Licence subject to conditions

18 Licence subject to conditions

(1)  When granting a licence, the Secretary may specify in the licence conditions to which the licence is subject.

(2)  A licence is subject to –

(a) the conditions specified in it; and

(b) all relevant conditions specified in the Standards.

(3)  Without limiting the conditions that may be specified by the Secretary under subsection (1) , those conditions may include conditions relating to any one or more of the following matters:

(a) the safety and wellbeing of children provided with child care under the licence;

(b) the provision of child care and the quality of child care provided under the licence;

(c) the size, layout, facilities, equipment and safety features of the premises in which the child care service is operated or provided under the licence and their compliance with specified standards or criteria;

(d) who may or may not be allowed entry to those premises or specified parts of those premises;

(e) the qualifications and experience of persons caring for children under the licence or otherwise employed in relation to the operation or provision of the child care service under the licence;

(f) the times and days when the child care service may be operated or provided and child care may be provided;

(g) the minimum number of child carers and other persons employed in relation to the operation or provision of the child care service under the licence who must be in attendance during the operation or provision of that child care service;

(h) the ages of children in respect of whom a child care service may be operated or provided or child care may be provided;

(i) the number of children who may be cared for under the licence at any, or any specified, time or in any specified situation;

(j) the monitoring of the operation or provision of the child care service under the licence;

(k) the administration and management of the child care service operated or provided under the licence;