Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CHILD CARE ACT 1972 - SECT 4A

             (1)  Subject to subsection (2), a child care centre is a place:

                     (a)  that provides, or proposes to provide, child care for children:

                              (i)  all of whom are residing in their own homes; and

                             (ii)  all or the majority of whom are of pre‑school age; and

                            (iii)  all or the majority of whom attend the place on a regular basis; and

                     (b)  in relation to which either of the following subparagraphs applies:

                              (i)  the place provides, or proposes to provide, that child care:

                                        (A)  for not less than 8 hours on each normal working day; and

                                        (B) on all normal working days in not less than 48 weeks in the year;

                             (ii)  the place is a place that the Minister determines should be treated as a child care centre for the purposes of this Act.

             (2)  For the purposes of Part IVA, a place is a child care centre whether or not all or the majority of the children for whom child care is provided at the place attend the place on a regular basis.