New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

CHILDREN'S SERVICES REGULATION 2004 - REG 74

74 Arrival and departure of child

(1) All children’s services The authorised supervisor of a centre based or mobile children’s service, or a family day care carer or home based licensee, must ensure that:

(a) when a child arrives at the premises of the children’s service, a member of staff of the service, the family day care carer or the home based licensee receives the child, and

(b) when a child leaves the premises of the children’s service, the person who collects the child is a parent of the child or another person who is authorised in writing by a parent of the child to collect the child, and

(c) if it is not possible to comply with paragraph (b), alternative arrangements to secure the safety and welfare of the child are made before the child is permitted to leave the premises, and

(d) if a school age child arrives at or leaves the premises of the children’s service unaccompanied by a parent of the child, the arrival or departure is in accordance with procedures agreed to in writing by the child’s parents.

(2) For the purposes of subclause (1), a child who is collected or returned by a member of staff of a children’s service is taken to have arrived when he or she is collected from the pick-up address and to have left when he or she is returned to the drop-off address.

(3) Centre based or mobile children’s service The authorised supervisor of a centre based or mobile children’s service must ensure that at the end of each day all beds and all areas of the premises (whether indoors or outdoors) are thoroughly checked by at least 2 members of the primary contact staff to ensure that no child remains on the premises after the service closes for the day.

(4) The licensee of a centre based or mobile children’s service must develop and maintain procedures and policies to ensure that the authorised supervisor of the service complies with the requirements of subclause (1).

(5) Family day care children’s service The licensee of a family day care children’s service must develop and maintain procedures and policies to ensure that the family day care carers of the service comply with the requirements of subclause (1).