Education and Care Services National Law (Queensland)
sec.77Grounds for cancellation of service approval
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sec.77 Grounds for cancellation of service approval
A Regulatory Authority may cancel a service approval if— the Regulatory Authority reasonably believes that the continued operation of the education and care service would constitute an unacceptable risk to the safety, health or wellbeing of any child or class of children being educated and cared for by the education and care service; or the service has been suspended under section 72 or 73 and the reason for the suspension has not been rectified at or before the end of the period of suspension; or the service approval was obtained improperly; or a condition of the service approval has not been complied with. Without limiting subsection (1) , the Regulatory Authority may cancel an approved provider’s service approval if one or more grounds set out in subsection (1) apply to a related provider of the approved provider and the Regulatory Authority is satisfied that— there is a systemic risk in relation to the approved provider or the related provider of the approved provider; and the cancellation is reasonably necessary to address the systemic risk. s 77 amd 2025 No. 53 (Vic) s 76 (sec.77-ssec.1) A Regulatory Authority may cancel a service approval if— the Regulatory Authority reasonably believes that the continued operation of the education and care service would constitute an unacceptable risk to the safety, health or wellbeing of any child or class of children being educated and cared for by the education and care service; or the service has been suspended under section 72 or 73 and the reason for the suspension has not been rectified at or before the end of the period of suspension; or the service approval was obtained improperly; or a condition of the service approval has not been complied with. (sec.77-ssec.2) Without limiting subsection (1) , the Regulatory Authority may cancel an approved provider’s service approval if one or more grounds set out in subsection (1) apply to a related provider of the approved provider and the Regulatory Authority is satisfied that— there is a systemic risk in relation to the approved provider or the related provider of the approved provider; and the cancellation is reasonably necessary to address the systemic risk.
- (a) the Regulatory Authority reasonably believes that the continued operation of the education and care service would constitute an unacceptable risk to the safety, health or wellbeing of any child or class of children being educated and cared for by the education and care service; or
- (b) the service has been suspended under section 72 or 73 and the reason for the suspension has not been rectified at or before the end of the period of suspension; or
- (c) the service approval was obtained improperly; or
- (d) a condition of the service approval has not been complied with.
- (a) there is a systemic risk in relation to the approved provider or the related provider of the approved provider; and