Child Care Services Act 2007

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears —

amendment application means an application under section 32 for the amendment of a licence;

approved means approved by the CEO;

carer has the meaning given in the Children and Community Services Act 2004 section 3;

CEO means the chief executive officer of the Department;

child means a person who is under 18 years of age, and in the absence of positive evidence as to age, means a person who is apparently under 18 years of age;

child care service has the meaning given in section 4;

compliance notice means a compliance notice given under section 43M;

compliance purposes means the purposes of performing one or more of the functions mentioned in section 41A;

corporate applicant means a licence applicant that is a body corporate but is not a public authority;

corporate licensee means a licensee that is a body corporate but is not a public authority;

criminal record check means a document issued by the Police Force of Western Australia, the Australian Federal Police or another body or agency approved by the CEO that sets out, or summarises in a manner acceptable to the CEO, the criminal convictions of an individual for offences under the law of this State, the Commonwealth, another State or a Territory;

Department means the department of the Public Service principally assisting the Minister in the administration of this Act;

departmental officer means a person employed in, or engaged for the purposes of, the Department;

entry warrant means an entry warrant issued under Part 4 Division 2;

family day care service means a type of child care service prescribed as a family day care service for the purposes of this Act;

individual applicant means a licence applicant who is an individual;

licence means a licence under this Act;

licence applicant means —

licence application means an application under section 10;

licence document means a licence document issued under section 33;

licensee means a person who holds a licence;

licensing officer means a person designated as a licensing officer under section 40(1);

managerial officer, in relation to a body corporate, means —

or

national child care law means the Education and Care Services National Law (WA);

occupier, of a place, includes any person who appears to have the control or management of the place;

parent, in relation to a child, means a person who at law has responsibility for —

place means anywhere at all, and includes anywhere in or on something that is moving or can move;

prescribed means prescribed by regulations made under section 52;

public authority means —

record means any record of information, irrespective of how the information is recorded or stored or able to be recovered and includes —

relative has the meaning given in the Children and Community Services Act 2004 section 3;

relevant record means a record or document that —

renewal applicant means a person who makes a renewal application;

renewal application means an application under section 22 for the renewal of a licence;

supervising officer has the meaning given in section 5A;

suspension notice means a notice under section 25(1);

usual occupant, in relation to a licence application that relates to a family day care service, means —

wellbeing, in relation to children, includes the care, development, health and safety of children.

[Section 3 amended: No. 38 of 2011 s. 4; No. 11 of 2012 s. 21; No. 30 of 2015 s. 212; No. 26 of 2016 s. 35; No. 2 of 2026 s. 102.]