sec.81Embarking vehicles

sec.81 Embarking vehicles

This section applies to the approved provider of a QEC approved service if children embark a vehicle at the QEC service premises as part of the regular transportation of children by, or arranged by, the service. The approved provider must ensure— a staff member, other than a staff member driving the vehicle, is present when the children embark the vehicle at the QEC service premises; and each child embarking the vehicle at the QEC service premises is accounted for by the staff member; and immediately after all the children have embarked the vehicle at the QEC service premises, the staff member makes a record that— states that each child embarking the vehicle has been accounted for; and states how each child embarking the vehicle has been accounted for; and states the date and time the record is made; and states the staff member’s name; and is signed by the staff member. Maximum penalty—10 penalty units. If the staff member is an educator, nothing in this section prevents the staff member from being counted towards the number of educators required to meet the educator to child ratio for the service under division 5 . (sec.81-ssec.1) This section applies to the approved provider of a QEC approved service if children embark a vehicle at the QEC service premises as part of the regular transportation of children by, or arranged by, the service. (sec.81-ssec.2) The approved provider must ensure— a staff member, other than a staff member driving the vehicle, is present when the children embark the vehicle at the QEC service premises; and each child embarking the vehicle at the QEC service premises is accounted for by the staff member; and immediately after all the children have embarked the vehicle at the QEC service premises, the staff member makes a record that— states that each child embarking the vehicle has been accounted for; and states how each child embarking the vehicle has been accounted for; and states the date and time the record is made; and states the staff member’s name; and is signed by the staff member. Maximum penalty—10 penalty units. (sec.81-ssec.3) If the staff member is an educator, nothing in this section prevents the staff member from being counted towards the number of educators required to meet the educator to child ratio for the service under division 5 .

• (a) a staff member, other than a staff member driving the vehicle, is present when the children embark the vehicle at the QEC service premises; and
• (b) each child embarking the vehicle at the QEC service premises is accounted for by the staff member; and
• (c) immediately after all the children have embarked the vehicle at the QEC service premises, the staff member makes a record that— (i) states that each child embarking the vehicle has been accounted for; and (ii) states how each child embarking the vehicle has been accounted for; and (iii) states the date and time the record is made; and (iv) states the staff member’s name; and (v) is signed by the staff member.