New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

CHILDREN'S SERVICES REGULATION 2004 - REG 89

89 Public liability insurance

(1) The licensee of any class of children’s service (other than a family day care children’s service):

(a) must obtain and keep current a policy of insurance that adequately meets the licensee’s public liability in respect of the provision of children’s services, being a policy that provides for cover for an amount of not less than $10,000,000, and

(b) must provide the Director-General with a duly certified copy of a certificate of currency with respect to such insurance on request by the Director-General, and

(c) must not require or request any parent of a child provided with the service to release or indemnify the licensee against any liability in proceedings against the licensee involving injury caused to the child while being provided with the service.

(2) The licensee of a family day care children’s service must ensure that each family day care carer who is listed on the family day care register for the service:

(a) obtains and keeps current a policy of insurance that adequately meets the carer’s public liability in respect of the provision of children’s services, being a policy that provides for cover for an amount of not less than $10,000,000, and

(b) provides the licensee with a duly certified copy of a certificate of currency with respect to such insurance on request by the Director-General, and

(c) does not require or request any parent of a child provided with the service to release or indemnify the carer against any liability in proceedings against the carer involving injury caused to the child while being provided with the service.