Victorian Numbered Regulations

CHILDREN'S SERVICES AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 2011 (SR NO 162 OF 2011) - REG 5

    (1)     In regulation 5(1) of the Principal Regulations—

        (a)     insert the following definitions—

""budget based service" means a children's service that—

        (a)     receives financial assistance under the Budget Based Funding Program element of the Child Care Services Support Program; and

        (b)     is not a service that receives the Child Care Benefit in relation to the provision of education and care;

"early childhood intervention service "means a children's service provided for the principal purpose of providing intervention (other than purely therapeutic intervention) or support for children with a disability, additional needs or developmental delay;

"mobile service "means a children's service that—

        (a)     provides education and care primarily to children who are not school children; and

        (b)     transports its equipment and materials or staff to one or more locations on each occasion that the service is provided;

"occasional care service "means a children's service that provides education and care to children primarily on an ad hoc or casual basis where—

        (a)     the service does not usually offer full-time or all day education and care to children on an ongoing basis; and

        (b)     most of the children provided with education and care are not school children;

"school holidays care service "means a children's service that is established to care for or educate children for no more than 4 weeks per calendar year during school holidays;";

        (b)     in the definition of early childhood intervention staff member , for " staff member " substitute " worker ";

        (c)     in the definition of integrated service omit "or a family day care service";

        (d)     the example at the foot of the definition of short term Type 1 service is revoked ;

        (e)     the example at the foot of the definition of short term Type 2 service is revoked ;

        (f)     in the definition of "staff member", for ", a family day carer or a visiting early childhood intervention staff member" substitute "or an early childhood intervention worker";

        (g)     for the definition of standard service substitute —

""standard service" means a children's service that is—

        (a)     an early childhood intervention service; or

        (b)     an occasional care service; or

        (c)     a mobile service; or

        (d)     a budget based service;";

        (h)     the definitions of "outside school hours care service", outside school hours care Type 1 service, outside school hours care Type 2 service and visiting early childhood intervention staff member are revoked .

    (2)     In regulation 5(1) of the Principal Regulations, in the definition of "qualified staff member"—

        (a)     in paragraph (b)(ii), for "an outside school hours care service" substitute "a school holidays care service";

        (b)     for paragraph (d) substitute —

    "(d)     holds one of the following qualifications—

              (i)     a qualification included in the list of approved diploma level education and care qualifications published under the national regulations; or

              (ii)     a qualification included in the list of approved early childhood teaching qualifications published under the national regulations; or

        (e)     in the case of a school holidays care service—

              (i)     holds a primary school teaching qualification; or

              (ii)     holds a qualification included in the list of qualifications for working with children over preschool age for Victoria published under the national regulations;".

    (3)     In regulation 5(1) of the Principal Regulations, in the definition of "teaching staff member"—

        (a)     in paragraph (b), for "paragraph (a);" substitute "paragraph (a); or";

        (b)     after paragraph (b) insert —

    "(c)     holds a qualification included in the list of approved early childhood teaching qualifications published under the national regulations;".

    (4)     Regulation 5(4) and (5) of the Principal Regulations are revoked .