EDUCATION AND CARE SERVICES NATIONAL REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 97
EDUCATION AND CARE SERVICES NATIONAL REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 97
97 . Emergency and evacuation procedures
(1) The emergency and
evacuation procedures required under regulation 168 must set
out —
(a)
instructions for what must be done in the event of an emergency; and
(b) an
emergency and evacuation floor plan; and
(c) if
the education and care service premises is located within a multi‑storey
building shared with other occupants and on a storey with no direct egress to
an assembly area —
(i)
all possible evacuation routes from each storey on which
the premises is located; and
(ii)
the evacuation routes that are proposed to be used in an
evacuation; and
(iii)
how all children will be safely evacuated from the
premises, including non‑ambulatory children; and
(iv)
the stages in which an evacuation will be carried out;
and
(v)
the identity of the person in charge of an evacuation;
and
(vi)
the roles and responsibilities of staff members during an
evacuation; and
(vii)
the arrangements made with the other occupants of the
multi‑storey building in relation to the evacuation of the
multi‑storey building.
(2) For the purposes
of preparing the emergency and evacuation procedures, the approved provider of
an education and care service must ensure that a risk assessment is conducted
to identify potential emergencies that are relevant to the service.
Penalty: $2000.
(2A) The approved
provider of a centre‑based service must review the risk assessment
conducted under subregulation (2) —
(a) at
least once every 12 months; and
(b) as
soon as practicable after becoming aware of any circumstance that may affect
the safe evacuation of children from the service.
Penalty: $2000.
(2B) As soon as
practicable after reviewing the risk assessment under subregulation (2A),
the approved provider of a centre‑based service must make any necessary
updates to the emergency and evacuation policies and procedures.
Penalty: $2000.
(3) The approved
provider of an education and care service must ensure that —
(a) in
the case of a centre‑based service, the emergency and evacuation
procedures are rehearsed every 3 months by the staff members, volunteers
and children present at the service on the day of the rehearsal and the
responsible person in relation to the service who is present at the time of
the rehearsal; and
(ab) in
the case of a family day care service, the emergency and evacuation procedures
are rehearsed every 3 months by each family day care educator and the
children being educated and cared for by the family day care educator on that
day; and
(b) the
rehearsals of the emergency and evacuation procedures are documented.
Penalty: $2000.
(4) The approved
provider of an education and care service must ensure that a copy of the
emergency and evacuation floor plan and instructions are displayed in a
prominent position near each exit at the education and care service premises,
including a family day care residence and approved family day care venue.
Penalty: $2000.
Note for this regulation:
A compliance direction
may be issued for failure to comply with subregulation (2), (2A), (3) or
(4).
[Regulation 97 amended: Gazette 13 Dec 2013
p. 6158‑9; SL 2023/186 r. 17.]