CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 743 Childcare service licence—proposed proprietor may apply

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 743

    (1)     A proposed proprietor of a childcare service may apply for a childcare service licence to operate the childcare service.

    (2)     The application must—

        (a)     be made in writing to the director-general; and

        (b)     include complete details of suitability information about—

              (i)     the proposed proprietor; and

              (ii)     each proposed controlling person for the childcare service.

Note 1     Suitability information is defined in s 65.

Note 2     Giving false or misleading information is an offence against the Criminal Code, s 338.

Note 3     If a form is approved under s 886 for this provision, the form must be used.

Note 4     A fee may be determined under s 885 for this provision.

    (3)     However, subsection (2) (b) (ii) does not apply in relation to a proposed controlling person for the childcare service if the person is not known to the proposed proprietor of the childcare service at the time the application is made.

    (4)     If subsection (3) applies, the proposed proprietor must give the director-general complete details of suitability information about the proposed controlling person for the childcare service by the later of the following:

        (a)     30 days after the controlling person for the childcare service becomes known to the proposed proprietor;

        (b)     30 days after the application is approved.