46AMinimum operating periods for approved child care services—suspension on request

#### 46A Minimum operating periods for approved child care services—suspension on request (1) For the purposes of subsection 195C(3) of the Family Assistance Administration Act, this section prescribes the minimum period of operation for a child care service of an approved provider if the approval of the provider, or the approval of the provider in respect of one or more services, is suspended under subsection 197AA(3) of that Act (suspension on request). (2) If the service is not an outside school hours care service, the minimum period of operation for the service for a year in which the whole, or a part, of the suspension occurs is: (a) if the period of suspension that occurs in the year is more than 48 weeks—nil; (b) otherwise—48 weeks, minus the period of suspension that occurs in the year. (3) For an outside school hours care service, if the period of suspension that occurs in a year is more than 5 weeks, the minimum period of operation for the service for that year is nil. (4) For the purposes of this section, a year is a period of 12 months starting on: (a) the day the provider is approved in respect of the child care service; or (b) the anniversary of that day.