Section 301 - Children (Education and Care Services) National Law (NSW) - National regulations

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301 National regulations

(1) The Ministerial Council may make regulations for the purposes of this Law.

(2) The national regulations may provide for any matter that is required or permitted to be prescribed or necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Law.

(3) Without limiting subsection (1), the national regulations may provide for the following—

(a) fees (including application fees and annual fees) for approvals and other things done under this Law;

(b) the indexation of fees;

(c) standards for education and care services;

(d) requirements for educational programs, including the quality of those programs and their development, documentation and delivery;

(e) requirements and standards to be complied with for the safety, health and wellbeing of children being educated and cared for by an education and care service;

(f) requirements and standards to be complied with for safety, security, cleanliness, comfort, hygiene and repair of premises, outdoor spaces, fencing, gates, resources and equipment used for providing education and care services;

(g) requirements and standards about the premises to be used to provide an education and care service including siting, design, layout, space, security and entitlement to occupy;

(h) requirements and standards for the staffing of education and care services including the recruitment (and conduct of criminal history or other security checks) and the appointment of staff, performance improvement, professional standards, professional development, numbers and qualifications of educators (including minimum age and requirements concerning groups of children of different ages and composition) and staffing rosters and arrangements;

(i) requirements and standards about educators’ relationships with children, interactions and behaviour guidance and inclusion policies and practice for education and care services;

(j) requirements and standards for partnerships between education and care services and the community in which they are located and the families of children being educated and cared for by education and care services, including requirements for services to link to other support services for children and families;