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132Requirement for early childhood teacher—centre-based services—25 to 59 children
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#### 132 Requirement for early childhood teacher—centre-based services—25 to 59 children
132 Requirement for early childhood teacher—centre-based services—25 to 59 children
> > (1) If a centre-based service provides education and care to 25 or more but less than 60 children preschool age or under on a given day, an early childhood teacher must be in attendance at the service—
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> > > (a) for at least 6 hours on that day, if the service operates for 50 or more hours a week; or
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> > > (b) for 60 per cent of the operating hours of the service on that day, if the service operates for less than 50 hours a week.
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> > (2) A centre-based service is not required to comply with subregulation (1) if—
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> > > (a) the approved number of places for children preschool age or under at the service is 25 or more but less than 60; and
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> > > (b) the service employs or engages a full-time or full-time equivalent early childhood teacher at the service.