12Meaning of serious incident

#### 12 Meaning of serious incident 12 Meaning of serious incident > For the purposes of the definition of serious incident in section 5(1) of the Law, each of the following is prescribed as a serious incident— > > > (a) the death of a child— > > > > > (i) while that child is being educated and cared for by an education and care service; or > > > > > (ii) following an incident occurring while that child was being educated and cared for by an education and care service; > > > (b) any incident involving serious injury or trauma to a child occurring while that child is being educated and cared for by an education and care service— > > > > > (i) which a reasonable person would consider required urgent medical attention from a registered medical practitioner; or > > > > > (ii) for which the child attended, or ought reasonably to have attended, a hospital; > > > > > > Example. > > > > > > A broken limb. > > > (c) any incident involving serious illness of a child occurring while that child is being educated and cared for by an education and care service for which the child attended, or ought reasonably to have attended, a hospital; > > > > Example. > > > > Severe asthma attack, seizure or anaphylaxis reaction. > > > (d) any emergency for which emergency services attended; > > > (e) any circumstance where a child being educated and cared for by an education and care service— > > > > > (i) appears to be missing or cannot be accounted for; or > > > > > (ii) appears to have been taken or removed from the education and care service premises in a manner that contravenes these Regulations; or > > > > > (iii) is mistakenly locked in or locked out of the education and care service premises or any part of the premises. > > **Reg 12:** Am 2013 (417), reg 9 (1) (2); 2014 (260), reg 7. Subst 2017 (543), reg 7.