CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 734 What is a family day care scheme?

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 734

    (1)     In this Act:

"family day care scheme" means a scheme that organises, coordinates and monitors home-based care for children.

    (2)     In this section:

"home-based care", for a child, means care provided by a person for the child if—

        (a)     the care is provided at a home that is not the child's home; and

        (b)     the care is provided for payment or other material benefit; and

        (c)     the person does not have—

              (i)     daily care responsibility for the child; or

              (ii)     long-term care responsibility for the child.

Examples—schemes that are not family day care schemes

1     a scheme that organises, coordinates and monitors nannies

2     a scheme that organises, coordinates and monitors babysitters

Note     Daily care responsibility is dealt with in s 19.

Long-term care responsibility is dealt with in s 20.