Education and Care Services Act 2013
sec.260Information retention and sharing
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sec.260 Information retention and sharing
The chief executive must keep all information held by the chief executive in relation to— the licensing of child care services under the repealed Act to which this Act applies; and the monitoring and enforcement under the repealed Act in relation to child care services to which this Act applies. Information referred to in subsection (1) may be— used for information purposes under this Act; and held by the chief executive in any form; and made available to the Regulatory Authorities of other participating jurisdictions and the National Authority. A licensee of a child care service existing immediately before the commencement and to which this Act applies must, in the way prescribed under a regulation— continue to keep all documents that were required under the repealed Act to be kept for the service immediately before the commencement; and make those documents available to the chief executive on request. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. In this section— National Authority has the meaning given in the Education and Care Services National Law (Queensland). Regulatory Authority has the meaning given in the Education and Care Services National Law (Queensland). (sec.260-ssec.1) The chief executive must keep all information held by the chief executive in relation to— the licensing of child care services under the repealed Act to which this Act applies; and the monitoring and enforcement under the repealed Act in relation to child care services to which this Act applies. (sec.260-ssec.2) Information referred to in subsection (1) may be— used for information purposes under this Act; and held by the chief executive in any form; and made available to the Regulatory Authorities of other participating jurisdictions and the National Authority. (sec.260-ssec.3) A licensee of a child care service existing immediately before the commencement and to which this Act applies must, in the way prescribed under a regulation— continue to keep all documents that were required under the repealed Act to be kept for the service immediately before the commencement; and make those documents available to the chief executive on request. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.260-ssec.4) In this section— National Authority has the meaning given in the Education and Care Services National Law (Queensland). Regulatory Authority has the meaning given in the Education and Care Services National Law (Queensland).
- (a) the licensing of child care services under the repealed Act to which this Act applies; and
- (b) the monitoring and enforcement under the repealed Act in relation to child care services to which this Act applies.
- (a) used for information purposes under this Act; and
- (b) held by the chief executive in any form; and
- (c) made available to the Regulatory Authorities of other participating jurisdictions and the National Authority.