EDUCATION AND CARE SERVICES NATIONAL REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 63

EDUCATION AND CARE SERVICES NATIONAL REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 63

63 .         Assessing approved education and care services

        (1)         Subject to subregulation (3), for the purposes of assessing an approved education and care service under section 133(1) of the Law, the Regulatory Authority —

            (a)         must consider —

                  (i)         the current quality improvement plan for the service; and

                  (ii)         any rating assessment history of the service, including any records of previous rating assessments made under the Law; and

                  (iii)         the service’s history of compliance —

                        (A)         with the Law as it applies in any participating jurisdiction in which the service operates; and

                        (B)         in the period of 3 years preceding the scheme commencement day, with a former education and care services law of a participating jurisdiction in which the service operates or has operated; and

                        (C)         with an education law of a participating jurisdiction in which the service operates or has operated; and

                        (D)         with a children’s services law of a participating jurisdiction in which the service operates or has operated;

                and

            (b)         must arrange for a site visit by an authorised officer —

                  (i)         in the case of a centre‑based service, of the education and care service premises; and

                  (ii)         in the case of a family day care service, of one or more approved family day care venues or family day care residences.

        (2)         In addition to subregulation (1), the Regulatory Authority may consider the following —

            (a)         any relevant information disclosed to the Regulatory Authority by —

                  (i)         a government department, public authority or local authority under section 271 of the Law; or

                  (ii)         the Regulatory Authority of another participating jurisdiction under section 271 of the Law as applying in that jurisdiction or a person acting for that Authority; or

                  (iii)         the relevant Commonwealth Department or a person acting for the relevant Commonwealth Department;

            (b)         any information available to the Regulatory Authority about any steps taken by the approved education and care service to rectify any matters identified during the rating assessment;

            (c)         information relating to any other quality assurance or registration process under an education law applicable to the approved education and care service;

            (d)         in the case of an education and care service that provides education and care to children in the year that is 2 years before grade 1 of school, whether the service facilitates access to a preschool program as set out in regulation 62(2).

        (3)         This regulation does not apply to a reassessment of an education and care service or an aspect or element of an education and care service under section 138 or 139 of the Law.

        Notes for this regulation:

        1.         See Division 2 of this Part.

        2.         This regulation differs from regulation 63 of the national regulations made by the Ministerial Council.