Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00512:section:4a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00512
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4A
Character Range: 7188–8137

4A  Child care centres
 (1)  Subject to subsection (2), a child care centre is a place:
 (a) that provides, or proposes to provide, child care for children:
 (i) all of whom are residing in their own homes; and
 (ii) all or the majority of whom are of pre‑school age; and
 (iii) all or the majority of whom attend the place on a regular basis; and
 (b) in relation to which either of the following subparagraphs applies:
 (i) the place provides, or proposes to provide, that child care:
 (A) for not less than 8 hours on each normal working day; and
 (B)  on all normal working days in not less than 48 weeks in the year;
 (ii) the place is a place that the Minister determines should be treated as a child care centre for the purposes of this Act.
 (2) For the purposes of Part IVA, a place is a child care centre whether or not all or the majority of the children for whom child care is provided at the place attend the place on a regular basis.