8AEligible children may attend government-funded

8A Eligible children may attend government-funded preschool programs (1) The purpose of this section is to ensure that every eligible child can receive an early childhood education funded by the government in the 2 years before the child is of compulsory education age. (2) An eligible child may enrol in a government-funded preschool program in a year if the child— (a) lives in the ACT; and (b) is at least 3 years old on 30 April in the year. (3) However, a provider of a government-funded preschool program may refuse to enrol an eligible child in the preschool program if enrolling the child would breach a condition of the provider’s service approval. eligible child means a child who the director-general is satisfied meets the requirements for being eligible for enrolment in a government-funded preschool program. service approval, of a provider of a government-funded preschool program—see the Education and Care Services National Law (ACT), section 5 (1).