EDUCATION AND CARE SERVICES NATIONAL REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 240
EDUCATION AND CARE SERVICES NATIONAL REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 240
240 . Qualifications for educators — centre‑based service
(1) This regulation
applies until 31 December 2024 to a centre‑based service
located in a remote area or a very remote area.
Note for this subregulation:
This subregulation
differs from regulation 240(1) of the national regulations made by the
Ministerial Council.
(2) Despite
regulation 126(1)(b), an educator at a centre‑based service can be
included to meet a relevant educator to child ratio for the service without
having, or actively working towards, a certificate III level education and
care qualification if —
(a) the
educator has been continuously employed as an educator in an education and
care service or a children’s service for a period of at least
15 years up to immediately before the scheme commencement day; and
(b) the
educator is employed by the same approved provider as the educator was
employed by immediately before the scheme commencement day.
[Regulation 240 amended: Gazette 28 Nov 2014
p. 4410; 3 Nov 2017 p. 5485; 26 Jun 2018
p. 2359; 24 Dec 2019 p. 4427; SL 2023/71 r. 17.]