299HEducator to child ratios when educator, early childhood teacher or suitably qualified person absent for 5 minutes or less

299H Educator to child ratios when educator, early childhood teacher or suitably qualified person absent for 5 minutes or less

299H Educator to child ratios when educator, early childhood teacher or suitably qualified person absent for 5 minutes or less

(1) A centre-based service is taken to meet the relevant educator to child ratio during the absence of an educator, early childhood teacher or suitably qualified person if—

(a) the educator, early childhood teacher or suitably qualified person is absent for not more than 5 minutes; and

(b) the educator, early childhood teacher or suitably qualified person is not absent on a rest pause or during a rest period; and

(c) no other educator, early childhood teacher or suitably qualified person counted in the relevant required educator to child ratio is absent during that absence.

(2) During the absence of an educator, early childhood teacher or suitably qualified person in accordance with subregulation (1), the centre-based service is taken to meet the relevant qualification requirements for educators.

(3) In this regulation, a reference to an early childhood teacher includes—

(a) a reference to an early childhood teacher who is counted as an educator in calculating the educator to child ratio of the service; and

Note

An early childhood teacher cannot be counted as an educator in calculating the educator to child ratio unless the teacher is working directly with children—see regulation 122.

(b) a reference to a person who is taken to be an early childhood teacher or a second early childhood teacher under regulation 135(1) or (2).

(4) In this regulation, a reference to a suitably qualified person includes a reference to a person who is taken to be a suitably qualified person under regulation 135(2).

Reg 299H: Ins 2017 (543), reg 99. Am 2019 (631), reg 26.