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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 774 Assessing compliance with childcare services standards

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 774

Assessing compliance with childcare services standards

    (1)     At least once during the period of a childcare service licence, the director-general must assess the childcare service's compliance with the childcare services standards.

Note     An authorised person may, at any reasonable time, enter premises if a licensed childcare service is operating on the premises (see  s 817).

    (2)     The Minister may make childcare services assessment requirements.

    (3)     A childcare services assessment requirement is a disallowable instrument.

Note     A disallowable instrument must be notified, and presented to the Legislative Assembly, under the Legislation Act

.

    (4)     An assessment must be carried out in accordance with the childcare services assessment requirements.

    (5)     The director-general may ask the licensed proprietor of a childcare service to give the director-general any information about the childcare service reasonably required by the director-general to carry out the assessment.

Note     The Legislation Act

, s 170 and s 171 deal with the application of the privilege against self-incrimination and client legal privilege.

    (6)     The licensed proprietor must comply with the request as soon as practicable.