EDUCATION AND CARE SERVICES NATIONAL REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 183
EDUCATION AND CARE SERVICES NATIONAL REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 183
183 . Storage of records and other documents
(1) The approved
provider of an education and care service must ensure that records and
documents set out in regulation 177 are stored —
(a) in a
safe and secure place; and
(b) for
the relevant period set out in subregulation (2).
(2) The records must
be kept —
(a) if
the record relates to an incident, illness, injury or trauma suffered by a
child while being educated and cared for by the education and care service,
until the child is aged 25 years;
(b) if
the record relates to an incident, illness, injury or trauma suffered by a
child that may have occurred following an incident while being educated and
cared for by the education and care service, until the child is aged
25 years;
(c) if
the record relates to the death of a child while being educated and cared for
by the education and care service or that may have occurred as a result of an
incident while being educated and cared for, until the end of 7 years
after the death;
(d) in
the case of any other record relating to a child enrolled at the education and
care service, until the end of 3 years after the last date on which the
child was educated and cared for by the service;
(e) if
the record relates to the approved provider, until the end of 3 years
after the last date on which the approved provider operated the education and
care service;
(f) if
the record relates to a nominated supervisor or staff member of an education
and care service, until the end of 3 years after the last date on which
the nominated supervisor or staff member provided education and care on behalf
of the service;
(g) in
case of any other record, until the end of 3 years after the date on
which the record was made.
Note for this regulation:
A compliance direction
may be issued for failure to comply with this regulation.
[Regulation 183 amended: Gazette
28 Sep 2018 p. 3646.]