93Occasional care services—early childhood teacher requirements and qualifications

93 Occasional care services—early childhood teacher requirements and qualifications

(1) This regulation applies to an occasional care service that, on average over any given 4‑week period, educates and cares for any child for more than 30 hours per week.

(2) For the purposes of section 109(1) and (3) of the Act, the prescribed number of educators educating and caring for children at an occasional care service is at least one educator who is an early childhood teacher who holds a qualification referred to in subregulation (3) in attendance at the occasional care service for, whichever is the lower of—

(a) at least 50 per cent of the time the service is operating; or

(b) at least 20 hours per week.

(3) For the purposes of section 109(2) and (4) of the Act, the prescribed qualification requirement for an educator who is required to be in attendance at an occasional care service under subregulation (2) is an approved early childhood teaching qualification within the meaning of the national regulations.

The Education and Training Reform Act 2006 requires that an early childhood teacher must be registered under Division 3A of Part 2.6 of that Act.