(f) care provided under a child protection law of a participating jurisdiction; or prescribed class of disability service; or service of a prescribed class; Example Education and care services to which this Law applies include long day care services, family day care services, outside school hours services and preschool programs including those delivered in schools, unless expressly excluded. education and care service premises relation to an education and care service other than a family day care service, each place at which an education and care service operates or is to operate; or relation to a family day care service— (i) an office of the family day care service; or (ii) an approved family day care venue; or (iii) each part of a residence used to provide education and care to children as part of a family day care service or used to provide access to the part of the residence used to provide that education and care;
Commonwealth on 7 December 2009, as amended from time to time; National Quality Framework means the national education and care services quality framework; National Quality Standard means the National Quality Standard prescribed by the national regulations; national regulations means the regulations made under this Law; nominated supervisor, in relation to an education and care service, means a person— is a certified supervisor; and is nominated by the approved provider of the service under Part 3 to be the nominated supervisor of that service; and has consented to that nomination; Note A person may be both the nominated supervisor of a family day care service and the family day care coordinator for that service if the person meets the criteria for each role. office, in relation to a family day care service, principal office or any other business office of the approved provider of the service; or
premises of the service from which its family day care educators are coordinated; parent, in relation to a child, includes— guardian of the child; and person who has parental responsibility for the child under a decision or order of a court; participating jurisdiction means a State or Territory in which— Law applies as a Law of the State or Territory; or law that substantially corresponds to the provisions of this Law has been enacted; payment, in relation to a prescribed fee, includes payment by electronic or other means; person means— individual; or body corporate; or eligible association; or partnership; or prescribed entity;
of that jurisdiction to be a public sector law for the purposes of this Law; rating assessment an assessment or reassessment of an approved education and care service under Part 5; Ratings Review Panel means a Ratings Review Panel established under section 146; receiving approved provider has the meaning set out in section 58; Regulatory Authority means a person declared by a law of a participating jurisdiction to be the Regulatory Authority for that jurisdiction or for a class of education and care services for that jurisdiction; relevant Commonwealth Department means the government department administered by the Commonwealth Minister; relevant tribunal or court, in relation to a participating jurisdiction, means the tribunal or court declared by a law of that jurisdiction to be the relevant tribunal or court for the purposes of this Law or a provision of this Law; residence the habitable areas of a dwelling; school children includes children attending school in the year before 1; school means— government school; or