sec.27Risk assessments to be conducted—safe arrival of children travelling between service and relevant places

sec.27 Risk assessments to be conducted—safe arrival of children travelling between service and relevant places

The approved provider of a QEC approved service must ensure a risk assessment of matters affecting the safe arrival of children travelling between the service and a relevant place is conducted under this section— in preparing the safe arrival policies and procedures of the service; and at intervals of not more than 12 months after the safe arrival policies and procedures are prepared; and as soon as practicable after the approved provider becomes aware of any circumstance that may affect the safe arrival of a child travelling between the service and a relevant place. Maximum penalty—10 penalty units. The risk assessment must— identify and assess any risks that travelling between the QEC approved service and a relevant place may pose to the safety, health or wellbeing of any child; and state how the identified risks will be managed and minimised; and without limiting paragraph (a) or (b) , consider the matters stated in subsection (3) . For subsection (2) (c) , the matters are as follows— the ages, developmental stages and individual needs of the children travelling between the QEC approved service and a relevant place; the role and responsibilities of each of the following persons— if the children leave the QEC service premises to travel to the education and care service premises of an education and care service—the nominated supervisor of the education and care service; the parents of the children; any authorised nominees for the children; any person authorised by the parents or authorised nominees to collect the children from the QEC service premises; the role and responsibilities of the QEC approved service from which, or to which, the children are travelling; the communication arrangements between the QEC approved service and a relevant place to which, or from which, the children are travelling, including any communication arrangements to apply if a child is missing or can not be accounted for during the child’s travel; the procedure to be followed by the QEC approved service if the service identifies that a child is missing, or can not be accounted for, during the child’s travel; having regard to the risks posed by the children’s travel, the appropriate number of educators or other responsible adults to provide supervision for the children while travelling; the proposed route and destination, including any proximity to an identified potential harm or hazard; the process for entering and exiting— the QEC service premises; and a relevant place; the procedure to be followed by the QEC approved service to ensure the children leave the QEC service premises in accordance with section 25 (2) (b) . In this section— education and care service premises see the Education and Care Services National Law (Queensland) , section 5 (1) . nominated supervisor see the Education and Care Services National Law (Queensland) , section 5 (1) . (sec.27-ssec.1) The approved provider of a QEC approved service must ensure a risk assessment of matters affecting the safe arrival of children travelling between the service and a relevant place is conducted under this section— in preparing the safe arrival policies and procedures of the service; and at intervals of not more than 12 months after the safe arrival policies and procedures are prepared; and as soon as practicable after the approved provider becomes aware of any circumstance that may affect the safe arrival of a child travelling between the service and a relevant place. Maximum penalty—10 penalty units. (sec.27-ssec.2) The risk assessment must— identify and assess any risks that travelling between the QEC approved service and a relevant place may pose to the safety, health or wellbeing of any child; and state how the identified risks will be managed and minimised; and without limiting paragraph (a) or (b) , consider the matters stated in subsection (3) . (sec.27-ssec.3) For subsection (2) (c) , the matters are as follows— the ages, developmental stages and individual needs of the children travelling between the QEC approved service and a relevant place; the role and responsibilities of each of the following persons— if the children leave the QEC service premises to travel to the education and care service premises of an education and care service—the nominated supervisor of the education and care service; the parents of the children; any authorised nominees for the children; any person authorised by the parents or authorised nominees to collect the children from the QEC service premises; the role and responsibilities of the QEC approved service from which, or to which, the children are travelling; the communication arrangements between the QEC approved service and a relevant place to which, or from which, the children are travelling, including any communication arrangements to apply if a child is missing or can not be accounted for during the child’s travel; the procedure to be followed by the QEC approved service if the service identifies that a child is missing, or can not be accounted for, during the child’s travel; having regard to the risks posed by the children’s travel, the appropriate number of educators or other responsible adults to provide supervision for the children while travelling; the proposed route and destination, including any proximity to an identified potential harm or hazard; the process for entering and exiting— the QEC service premises; and a relevant place; the procedure to be followed by the QEC approved service to ensure the children leave the QEC service premises in accordance with section 25 (2) (b) . (sec.27-ssec.4) In this section— education and care service premises see the Education and Care Services National Law (Queensland) , section 5 (1) . nominated supervisor see the Education and Care Services National Law (Queensland) , section 5 (1) .