Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) An approved provider of an education and care service must ensure that the person in charge of the service complies with this part.
(2) If a person in charge of the education and care service commits an offence against a provision of this part, the approved provider 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 approved provider is an individual—the penalty for the contravention of the provision by the person in charge; or
(b) if the approved provider 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 approved provider committed the offence of failing to ensure that the person in charge complies with the provision.
(4) However, it is a defence for a approved provider to prove the approved provider exercised reasonable diligence to ensure the person in charge complied with the provision.