Children's Services Regulations 2020

This regulation applies to a children's service in respect of which a licence to operate a limited hours Type 2 service was issued and in force immediately before the commencement day.

For the purposes of section 109(1), (2), (3) and (4) of the Act, the prescribed minimum number and minimum qualification requirements of educators are—

for children from birth to under 36 months of age—

one educator to 5 children or fraction of that number of children; and

one educator who holds, or is actively working towards, at least an approved diploma level education and care qualification to 12 children or fraction of that number of children; and

for children aged 36 months of age or over—

one educator to 15 children or fraction of that number of children; and

one educator who holds, or is actively working towards, at least an approved diploma level education and care qualification to 30 children or fraction of that number of children.

It is a prescribed qualification requirement that the educators, other than the educators referred to in subregulations (2)(a)(ii) and (2)(b)(ii), hold, or be actively working towards, at least an approved certificate III level education and care qualification.