55Quality improvement plans

55 Quality improvement plans

55 Quality improvement plans

(1) The approved provider of an education and care service must ensure that, within 3 months of the grant of the service approval, a quality improvement plan is prepared for the service that—

(a) includes an assessment by the provider of the quality of the practices of the service against the National Quality Standard and these Regulations; and

(b) identifies any areas that the provider considers may require improvement; and

(c) contains a statement of the philosophy of the service.

(2) The approved provider must submit the quality improvement plan to the Regulatory Authority on request.

Penalty—

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

(b) otherwise—$6,600.

Note.

A compliance direction may be issued for failure to comply with subregulation (1).

Reg 55: Am 2025 (711), reg 5; 2026 (54), Sch 1[5] [7].