EDUCATION AND CARE SERVICES NATIONAL REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 157
EDUCATION AND CARE SERVICES NATIONAL REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 157
157 . Access for parents
(1) The approved
provider of an education and care service must ensure that a parent of a child
being educated and cared for by the service may enter the education and care
service premises at any time that the child is being educated and cared for by
the service.
Penalty: $1100.
(2) A nominated
supervisor of an education and care service must ensure that a parent of a
child being educated and cared for by the service may enter the education and
care service premises at any time that the child is being educated and cared
for by the service.
Penalty: $1100.
(3) A family day care
educator must not prevent a parent of a child being educated and cared for by
the educator as part of a family day care service from entering the family day
care residence or approved family day care venue at any time that the child is
being educated and cared for by the educator.
Penalty: $1100.
(4) Despite
subregulations (1) to (3), the approved provider, nominated supervisor or
family day care educator is not required to allow a parent to enter the
education and care service premises if —
(a)
permitting the parent’s entry would —
(i)
pose a risk to the safety of the children and staff of
the education and care service; or
(ii)
conflict with any duty of the provider, supervisor or
educator under the Law;
or
(b) the
provider, supervisor or family day care educator reasonably believes that
permitting the parent’s entry would contravene a court order.
Notes for this regulation:
1. A compliance
direction may be issued for failure to comply with subregulation (1).
2. Other regulations
also relate to collaboration with families including requirements to give
information about educational programs to parents, for parents to provide
enrolment information, for information to be provided or displayed to parents
and for administration areas to have adequate space for consulting with
parents.
[Regulation 157 amended: Gazette 28 Nov 2014
p. 4407; 28 Sep 2018 p. 3639; SL 2023/186
r. 45(1).]
[Heading inserted: Gazette 26 Jun 2018
p. 2359.]
Subdivision 1 — Attendance and enrolment records