CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 328 What is a child care centre?

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 328

(1)     A child care centre is premises at which a service is operated that provides care for monetary or other consideration for more than—

        (a)     4 children who are not yet attending primary school as students; or

        (b)     7 children (which may include 4 or less children who are not yet attending primary school as students).

(2)     In this section—

"     "(a)     child only includes a child for whom care is provided on an emergency basis or in unexpected or exceptional circumstances if the child has been cared for at the premises for at least 2 consecutive days; and

        (b)     "child" includes a child of the carer who is being cared for at the premises if another child is being cared for at the premises for monetary or other consideration.