PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING ACT 2008 - SECT 143C Exemption—early childhood services

PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING ACT 2008 - SECT 143C

    (1)     Subject to subsection (2), the person in charge of an early childhood service is not required to comply with section 143B in relation to a child if—

        (a)     the child and the child's parent are evacuated from their place of residence due to an emergency within the meaning of  section 3(1) of the Emergency Management Act 2013 ; or

        (b)     the child is in emergency care within the meaning of section 3(1) of the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 ; or

        (c)     the child is in the care of an adult who is not the child's parent due to exceptional circumstances such as illness or incapacity; or

        (d)     a parent of the child states that the child—

              (i)     is descended from an Aborigine or Torres Strait Islander; and

              (ii)     identifies as an Aborigine or Torres Strait Islander; and

              (iii)     is accepted as an Aborigine or Torres Strait Islander by an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Island community; or

        (e)     the child is in the care of a parent who is the holder of—

              (i)     a health care card issued under section 1061ZS of the Social Security Act 1991 of the Commonwealth; or

              (ii)     a pensioner concession card issued under section 1061ZF of the Social Security Act 1991 of the Commonwealth; or

              (iii)     a Gold Card, being a card issued to a person who is eligible for treatment under Part V of the Veterans' Entitlement Act 1986 of the Commonwealth; or

              (iv)     a White Card, being a card issued to a person who is eligible for limited treatment under Part V of the Veterans' Entitlement Act 1986 of the Commonwealth; or

        (f)     the child's birth was a multiple birth, (being the birth of triplets or more); or

        (g)     a circumstance specified in the guidelines made under section 143D applies in relation to the child.

    (2)     Within 16 weeks after the date on which the child first attends the early childhood service, the person in charge of the early childhood service must take reasonable steps to ensure that an immunisation status certificate in relation to the child is provided by a parent of the child.

S. 143D inserted by No. 55/2015 s. 5.