Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A licensee of a child care service must ensure that the person in charge of the child care service complies with this part.
(2) If a person in charge of the child care service commits an offence against a provision of this part, the licensee also commits an offence, namely, the offence of failing to ensure that the person in charge complies with the provision.
Maximum penalty—
(a) if the licensee is an individual—the penalty for the contravention of the provision by the person in charge; or
(b) if the licensee is a corporation—a penalty equal to 5 times the amount of the penalty under paragraph (a).
(3) Evidence that the person in charge has been convicted of an offence against a provision of this part is evidence that the licensee committed the offence of failing to ensure that the person in charge complies with the provision.
(4) However, it is a defence for a licensee to prove the licensee exercised reasonable diligence to ensure the person in charge complied with the provision.