Victorian Numbered Regulations

EDUCATION AND CARE SERVICES NATIONAL LAW (EXCLUDED SERVICES AND OTHER TRANSITIONAL MATTERS) REGULATIONS 2011 (SR NO 161 OF 2011) - REG 4

For the purposes of section 16(4A)(a) of the Education and Care Services National Law Act 2010 the following services are excluded from being a declared approved service—

        (a)     a standard service that is an early childhood intervention 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;

        (b)     a standard service that provides education and care to children primarily on an ad hoc or casual basis where—

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

              (ii)     most of the children provided with education and care are preschool age or under;

Note

This type of service is commonly referred to as an occasional care service.

        (c)     a standard service that provides education and care primarily to children who are preschool age or under that transports its equipment and materials or staff to one or more locations on each occasion that the service is provided;

Note

This type of service is commonly referred to as a mobile service.

        (d)     a standard service that—

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

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