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#### 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—
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> > > (a) has had regard to the matters set out in subregulation (2); and
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> > > (b) has taken reasonable steps to ensure that the person has adequate knowledge and understanding of the provision of education and care to children.
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> > Penalty: $2200.
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> > (2) For the purposes of subregulation (1)(a), the matters are—
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> > > (a) the person’s history of compliance with—
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> > > > (i) the Law as applying in any participating jurisdiction; and
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> > > > (ii) a former education and care services law of a participating jurisdiction; and
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> > > > (iii) a children’s services law of a participating jurisdiction; and
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> > > > (iv) an education law of a participating jurisdiction; and
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> > > (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—
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> > > > (i) the Law as applying in any participating jurisdiction; and
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> > > > (ii) a former education and care services law of a participating jurisdiction; and
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> > > > (iii) a children’s services law of a participating jurisdiction; and
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> > > > (iv) an education law of a participating jurisdiction.
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> **Reg 143A:** Ins 2017 (543), reg 45. Am 2023 (399), reg 54.