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CHILD CARE ACT 2002 - SECT 79

79 Agreement to exclude liability for negligence

(1) A licensee must not enter into an exclusion agreement with a parent or guardian of a child in care.

Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.

(2) An exclusion agreement entered into after the commencement of this Act by a licensee and a parent or guardian of a child in care is of no effect.

(3) In this section—

exclusion agreement means an agreement, or part of an agreement, under which—

(a) a licensee is exempted from a liability for negligence relating to a loss or injury suffered by a child in care; or
(b) a child in care, or a parent or guardian of a child in care, indemnifies the licensee against a liability for negligence relating to a loss or injury suffered by the child.

licensee includes an employee or agent of a licensee.



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