Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Actsadjunct care means child care provided to a child—
(a) in conjunction with a meeting, function or other activity involving a relative or guardian of the child other than the paid employment of the relative or guardian; and
(b) on the premises in which the meeting, function or other activity is taking place; and
(c) for not more than 3 hours on each occasion the care is provided.
apply for an exemption notice means apply under the Commissioner's Act for an exemption notice.
apply for a prescribed notice means apply under the Commissioner's Act for a prescribed notice.
approved form, for a purpose, means the form approved for the purpose by the chief executive under section 174.
approved kindergarten program, for part 9, division 3, subdivision 2, see section 170A.
authorised officer, for part 9, division 3, subdivision 2, see section 170A.
authorised officer means a person appointed as an authorised officer under section 111.
Building Act requirements means the requirements under the Building Act 1975 that must be complied with in carrying out building work for a child care centre.
building certifier means a building certifier under the Building Act 1975.
carer see section 56.
central governing body, for part 9, division 3, subdivision 2, see section 170A.
centre based service see section 10(a).
chief executive (education) means the chief executive of the department in which the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 is administered.
child care see section 4.
child care centre means the premises in which child care is provided under a licence for a centre based service.
child care service see section 5.
child in care, in relation to a licensee or child care service, means a child to whom child care is provided, or proposed to be provided, under the licence or in the course of the service.
children's commissioner means the Commissioner for Children and Young People and Child Guardian under the Commissioner's Act.
commencement day, for a provision in part 10, means the day the provision commences.
Commissioner's Act means the Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian Act 2000.
cousin includes second cousin.
current—
An application is current if it has been made under this Act and has not been decided, has not been withdrawn and has not lapsed.
disability, for part 9, division 3, subdivision 2, see section 170A.
disqualified person means a person for whom a negative prescribed notice, a negative exemption notice or a prohibition notice is in force.
education and care service see the Education and Care Services National Law (Queensland), section 5(1).
educator see the Education and Care Services National Law (Queensland), section 5(1).
emergency care means child care provided to a child in the course of a licensed service—
(a) in response to a need that a relative or guardian of the child claims has arisen from an emergency or other circumstances unforeseen by the relative or guardian; or
(b) in response to circumstances beyond the licensee's control.
Example for paragraph (b)—
child care provided to a child between 4.00p.m. and 4.30p.m., in circumstances where the licensee has agreed with the child's parent to provide child care to the child until 4.00p.m. but the parent does not return to collect the child until 4.30p.m.
engage see section 58.
excursion, for a child in care of a licensed service—
(a) means an activity in which the child is cared for, under the licence, at a place other than the principal place of care; but
(b) does not include the transportation of the child between the principal place of care and a place where the child is not being cared for under the licence.
Example for paragraph (b)—
A child in care of a licensed centre based service is not on an excursion while a carer in the service collects the child from home and drives the child to the child care centre.
executive officer, of a corporation, means a person who is concerned with, or takes part in, the corporation's management, whether the person is a director or the person's position is given the name of executive officer.
exemption notice means an exemption notice in force under the Commissioner's Act.
facility includes equipment.
family day care educator see the Education and Care Services National Law (Queensland), section 5(1).
for reward, in relation to the provision of care of a child—
(a) means for reward of any kind or amount, whether or not the person providing the care has an enforceable right to the reward and regardless of who provides the reward; but
(b) does not include merely in fulfilment of a reciprocal arrangement for providing care.
Examples—
1 A person provides care to children without charge but receives government funding to provide the care. The person provides the care for reward.
2 Two persons have an arrangement under which each of them regularly provides care for the other's children. Neither of them receives anything else for providing the care. The care provided under the arrangement is not provided for reward.
guardian, of a child, means any of the following persons—
(a) a person who is recognised in law as having all the duties, powers, responsibilities and authority relating to the child that, by law, parents have relating to their children;
Editor's note—
See the Family Law Act 1975 (Cwlth), part 7 (Children), division 2 (Parental responsibility).
(b) a person in whose favour a parenting order is in force under the Family Law Act 1975 (Cwlth);
(c) a person who is entitled to the custody of the child under the Adoption Act 2009.
harm, to a child, has the meaning given in the Child Protection Act 1999, section 9.
Editor's note—
Child Protection Act 1999, section 9—
9 What is harm
(1) Harm, to a child, is any detrimental effect of a significant nature on the child's physical, psychological or emotional wellbeing.
(2) It is immaterial how the harm is caused.
(3) Harm can be caused by—
(a) physical, psychological or emotional abuse or neglect; or
(b) sexual abuse or exploitation.
holiday care means child care provided to school children, during a school holiday, at a place other than a home.
home means premises used as a private residence.
home based service see section 10(b).
licence means a licence under this Act to conduct a child care service, and includes a provisional licence issued under section 20.
licensed capacity, of a centre based service, see section 32.
licensed service means a child care service for which a licence is in force.
negative exemption notice means a negative exemption notice under the Commissioner's Act.
negative prescribed notice means a negative notice under the Commissioner's Act.
notice means a written notice.
occupant, of a home in which child care is provided, means a person who—
(a) resides in the home; or
(b) is usually present in the home when the child care is provided.
owner, of a seized thing, for part 7, division 2, subdivision 4, see section 127.
parent, of a child, includes—
(a) for any child—the spouse of a parent of the child; and
(b) for an Aboriginal child—a person who, under Aboriginal tradition, is regarded as a parent of the child; and
(c) for a Torres Strait Islander child—a person who, under Island custom, is regarded as a parent of the child; and
(d) a carer of the child under the Child Protection Act 1999.
place includes premises and vacant land.
positive exemption notice means a positive exemption notice under the Commissioner's Act.
positive prescribed notice means positive notice under the Commissioner's Act.
premises includes—
(a) a building and surrounding land; and
(b) a vehicle.
preparatory year means the year of schooling immediately before year 1.
prescribed limits, for part 4, division 4, see section 91.
prescribed notice means a prescribed notice in force under the Commissioner's Act.
primary education means education provided by a school to children in the preparatory year and years 1 to 7.
principal place of care means—
(a) for a child in care of a licensed centre based service—the child care centre at which the child is normally cared for in the course of the service; or
(b) for a child in care of a licensed home based service—the home at which the child is normally cared for in the course of the service.
prohibition notice means a prohibition notice in force under part 6.
public place means a place the public is entitled to use, open to the public or used by the public, whether or not on payment of an amount.
qualified assistant means a person, who is at least 17 years old, with a qualification for an assistant prescribed under a regulation.
qualified coordinator, in relation to a home based service, means an adult staff member of the service with a qualification for a coordinator prescribed under a regulation.
qualified director, in relation to a centre based service, means an adult staff member of the service with a qualification for a director prescribed under a regulation.
qualified group leader, in relation to a centre based service, means an adult staff member of the service with a qualification for a group leader prescribed under a regulation.
register means the register of licences kept under section 171.
relative, of a child—
(a) means the child's parent, grandparent, great grandparent, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew or cousin; and
(b) for an Aboriginal child—includes a person who, under Aboriginal tradition, is regarded as a relative mentioned in paragraph (a); and
(c) for a Torres Strait Islander child—includes a person who, under Island custom, is regarded as a relative mentioned in paragraph (a); and
(d) for a child with a parent who is not a natural parent—includes anyone who would be a relative mentioned in paragraph (a) if the parent were a natural parent.
Example for paragraph (d)—
The daughter of a child's step-parent is a relative of the child.
relevant service, for part 9, division 3, subdivision 2, see section 170A.
repealed Act means the Child Care Act 1991.
repealed regulation means the Child Care (Child Care Centres) Regulation 1991.
rest period, for a centre based service, means a period stated to be a rest period for the service under a licence condition under section 63.
reward see definition for reward.
school means—
(a) a State school within the meaning of the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006; or
(b) a school that is accredited, or provisionally accredited, under the Education (Accreditation of Non-State Schools) Act 2001.
school age carer means a person—
(a) engaged as a carer in a school age care service; or
(b) engaged as a carer in another centre based service to provide care only to school children.
school age care service means a licensed centre based service for which, under its licence conditions, the children in care must never include a child who is not a school child.
school child means a child who regularly attends a school at which the child is enrolled.
school holiday includes a day that the staff of a school, but not the students, are required to attend the school.
secondary education means education provided by a school to children in years 8 to 12.
special education see the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006, schedule 4.
staff member—
(a) of a child care service—see section 57; or
(b) of an education and care service—see the Education and Care Services National Law (Queensland), section 5(1).
stand alone child care means child care provided in the course of a stand alone service.
stand alone service means a child care service other than a licensed service.
standard requirements means the requirements prescribed under section 61.
transitional licence period see section 54.
transport, a child, includes accompany the child while the child travels.
URL data, for part 9, division 3, subdivision 2, see section 170A.
week means a period of 7 days beginning on a Monday.