New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

CHILDREN'S SERVICES REGULATION 2004 - REG 72

72 Plants

(1) The licensee and authorised supervisor of a children’s service must ensure that any poisonous vegetation in children’s play areas on the premises of a children’s service is identified and maintained so as to ensure that it does not present a hazard to children.

(2) In particular, any vegetation on the premises of a children’s service that can lead to injury or severe discomfort (for example, because of sharp prickles or prominent thorns) must be identified and maintained so as to ensure that it does not present a hazard to children.

(3) In the case of a family day care children’s service, the obligations of an authorised supervisor under this clause are taken to be the obligations of each family day care carer of the service.