A situation that requires the children's service premises to be locked down.
3 A situation that requires the children's service premises to be locked down.
excursion means an outing organised by a children's service, but does not include an outing organised by a children's service provided on a school site if—
the child or children leave the children's service premises in the company of an educator; and
the child or children do not leave the school site;
financial declaration means a declaration made by a person who is not an individual indicating whether the person is or has been declared insolvent or is or has been placed under external administration;
in attendance at a children's service, in relation to an early childhood teacher or a suitably qualified person—see regulation 9;
infectious disease has the same meaning as in the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008;
limited hours service means a children's service that does not provide education and care to any child who attends the service for more than—
3 hours per day; and
6 hours per week;
medication means medicine within the meaning of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 of the Commonwealth;
Reg. 5(1) def. of multi-storey building inserted by S.R. No. 12/2024 reg. 5(a).
multi-storey building means a building with more than 2 storeys;
occasional care service means a children's service that is not a limited hours service;
occupancy permit means a permit issued under the building law that permits a building to be occupied;
overseas criminal history statement means a statement made by an individual that—
states whether the individual has been convicted outside Australia of any offences relevant to a person seeking to work with children; and
includes details of those convictions;
planning and development law means the Planning and Environment Act 1987;
planning permit means a permit issued under Part 4 of the planning and development law in respect of the use or development of any land;
previous service statement means a statement made by an individual that states—
whether or not the individual has held any role with an education and care service or a children's service in the previous 3 years; and
includes the following details for each role—
the name of the service;
the State or Territory in which the service was located;
the nature of the role;
Reg. 5(1) def. of regular outing amended by S.R. No. 12/2024 reg. 5(b).
regular outing, in relation to a children's service, means a walk, drive or trip to and from a destination—
that the service visits regularly as part of its educational program; and
where the circumstances relevant to the risk assessment are substantially the same on each outing;
Reg. 5(1) def. of regular transportation inserted by S.R. No. 12/2024 reg. 5(a).
regular transportation, in relation to a children's service, means the transportation by the service or arranged by the service (other than as part of an excursion) of a child being educated and cared for by the service, where the circumstances relevant to a risk assessment are substantially the same for each occasion on which the child is transported;
responsible person, in relation to a children's service, means a person referred to in section 103(a) to (c) of the Act;
serious incident—see regulation 10;
soil assessment means an analysis of soil conducted by an environmental consultant, environmental consulting firm, or environmental auditor for the purposes of determining—
the nature, extent and levels of contamination; and
the actual or potential risk to human health resulting from that contamination;
Reg. 5(1) def. of storey inserted by S.R. No. 12/2024 reg. 5(a).
storey, of a building, includes the following—
the ground level;
a level of a split level;
suitably qualified person means a person who has—
a qualification for the education and care of children generally or children of a specified age that is approved by the National Authority and included in the list of approved qualifications for suitably qualified persons published under regulation 137 of the national regulations; or
a qualification approved by the National Authority as a higher qualification for suitably qualified persons and included in the list of approved qualifications for suitably qualified persons published under regulation 137 of the national regulations;
the Act means the Children's Services Act 1996;
working directly with children—see regulation 11.
A requirement under these Regulations applying in relation to a stated number of children applies each time there is the stated number of children or a part of the stated number.
Example
There are 30 children aged 36 months or over (not including children over preschool age) at a children's service. Regulation 90(1)(b) requires one educator for each 11 children. In this case, 3 educators would be required.
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