Queensland Consolidated Acts

CHILD CARE ACT 2002 - SECT 9

This Act is to be administered, and licensed services are to be conducted, under the following principles—

(a) the best interests of a child are the paramount concern;

(b) child care should be provided to a child in a way that—

(i) protects the child from harm; and

(ii) respects the child's dignity and privacy; and

(iii) promotes the child's wellbeing; and

(iv) provides positive experiences to the child;

(c) licensed child care should be provided to a child in a way that stimulates and develops the child's creative, emotional, intellectual, lingual, physical, recreational and social potential;

(d) parents have the primary responsibility for the upbringing, protection and development of their children, and should be supported in that role;

(e) child care should be planned and provided in a way that—

(i) involves parents and other members of the community; and

(ii) reflects the multicultural and multilingual nature of the community.