143AMinimum requirements for a family day care educator

143A Minimum requirements for a family day care educator

143A Minimum requirements for a family day care educator

(1) An approved provider of a family day care service must not register or engage a person as a family day care educator unless the approved provider—

(a) has had regard to the matters set out in subregulation (2); and

(b) has taken reasonable steps to ensure that the person has adequate knowledge and understanding of the provision of education and care to children.

Penalty—

(a) for a large child care provider—$19,800; or

(b) otherwise—$6,600.

(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1)(a), the matters are—

(a) the person’s history of compliance with—

(i) the Law as applying in any participating jurisdiction; and

(ii) a former education and care services law of a participating jurisdiction; and

(iii) a children’s services law of a participating jurisdiction; and

(iv) an education law of a participating jurisdiction; and

(b) any decision under the Law to refuse, refuse to renew, suspend, or cancel a licence, approval, registration, certification or other authorisation granted to the person under—

(i) the Law as applying in any participating jurisdiction; and

(ii) a former education and care services law of a participating jurisdiction; and

(iii) a children’s services law of a participating jurisdiction; and

(iv) an education law of a participating jurisdiction.