Provider eligibility rules
194C Provider eligibility rules
A provider satisfies the provider eligibility rules if:
for each child care service in respect of which the provider is seeking approval—the provider holds any approvals or licences required to operate a child care service under the law of the State or Territory in which the service is situated; and
the provider is a fit and proper person to be involved in the administration of CCS and ACCS; and
any person with management or control of the provider is a fit and proper person to be involved in the administration of CCS and ACCS; and
any person who will be a person with management or control of the provider on the day the provider’s approval takes effect, or the day the provider’s approval in respect of a child care service takes effect, is a fit and proper person to be involved in the administration of CCS and ACCS; and
the provider has arrangements in place to ensure that the provider and the following persons comply with the family assistance law:
the persons mentioned in paragraphs (c) and (d);
each person that the provider, or a person mentioned in subparagraph (i), is responsible for managing; and
for a large child care provider—the provider is financially viable and is likely to remain so; and
the Secretary is satisfied that it is appropriate for the provider to be approved having regard to the matters mentioned in section 194EA (quality and safety considerations); and
the provider satisfies any other criteria prescribed by the Minister’s rules.
See section 194F for the definition of person with management or control.
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