16HDefinitions

16H Definitions

(1) Section 5(1) of the Education and Care Services National Law (Victoria) applies as a law of Victoria as if in the definition of prohibition notice after "182(1)" there were inserted ", (1A)".

S. 16H(2) substituted by No. 53/2025 ss 112, 116.

(2) Section 5(1) of the Education and Care Services National Law (Victoria) applies as a law of Victoria as if the following definitions were inserted in the appropriate alphabetical place—

"disciplinary agreement means agreed action under section 188E(a);

disciplinary order means an order under section 188F;

emergency action notice means a notice under section 179;

large provider means—

(a) a large child care provider within the meaning of the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 of the Commonwealth; or

(b) a person prescribed under the Victorian regulations;

supervision direction means a notice under section 178C(1);

suspension direction means a direction under section 178(4)(c)(i), 178A(1), 178B(1) or 178BA(2);

training direction means a direction under section 178D(1) or 178E(1);

Victorian Minister means the Minister administering section 4 of the Education and Care Services National Law Act 2010 of Victoria;

Victorian regulations means regulations made under section 18A of the Education and Care Services National Law Act 2010 of Victoria;".

S. 16HAA inserted by No. 53/2025 s. 117.

16HAA Application for provider approval

Section 10 of the Education and Care Services National Law (Victoria) applies as a law of Victoria as if for subsection (1) of that section there were substituted—

"(1) A person, other than the following persons, may apply to the Regulatory Authority for a provider approval—

(a) a prescribed ineligible person;

(b) a person who—

(i) has, in the previous 12 months, received a notice under section 16 that the Regulatory Authority has refused to grant the person a provider approval; and

(ii) has not been notified by the Regulatory Authority that the person may apply for a provider approval again within 12 months after receiving the notice referred to in subparagraph (i).".