Failure to report serious incident, temporary closure incident, complaint or other prescribed matter
127 Failure to report serious incident, temporary closure incident, complaint or other prescribed matter
This section applies if an approved provider becomes aware of any of the following in relation to a QEC approved service operated by the provider—
a serious incident at the service;
a temporary closure incident at the service;
a complaint alleging that—
a child’s safety, health or wellbeing has been or is being compromised while the child was or is being provided with education and care at the service; or
a provision of this Act has been, or is being, contravened;
any other matter prescribed by regulation.
The approved provider must give the chief executive notice of the incident, complaint or other matter—
for an incident or complaint—within 24 hours after becoming aware of the incident or complaint; or
for another matter—within 7 days after becoming aware of the matter.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
In this section—
serious incident means an incident that is—
a type of incident that is prescribed by regulation.
temporary closure incident, at a QEC approved service, means an incident that requires the approved provider operating the service to do either of the following for a period—
close the service;
reduce the number of children attending the service.
Example—
A flood or fire that requires the provider to close all or part of a QEC service premises at which the service operates while repairs are undertaken.
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed by regulation
). Made under this Act:
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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