Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) For the purposes
of this Act a child care service is a service for the casual, part-time or
day-to-day care of a child or children under 13 years of age (or such
other age as may be prescribed for the purposes of this subsection) that is
provided —
(a) for
payment or reward, whether directly or indirectly through payment or reward
for some other service; or
(b) as a
benefit of employment; or
(c) as
an ancillary service to a commercial or recreational activity.
(2) The term child
care service does not include —
(a) care
provided to a child by a parent, relative or carer of the child; or
(b) care
provided to a child by a person in accordance with a parenting order under the
Family Law Act 1975 of the Commonwealth or the Family Court Act 1997
; or
(c) care
provided to a child in accordance with an approval under the
Children and Community Services Act 2004 section 104(3); or
(d) care
provided to a child —
(i)
at the place where the child lives; or
(ii)
substantially at that place;
or
(e) care
provided to a child enrolled at a school if —
(i)
the child has reached 3 years of age; and
(ii)
the care is provided in the course of the child’s
participation in an educational programme under the School Education
Act 1999 ;
or
(f) care
provided to a child at a hospital or similar place while the child is a
patient at that hospital or place; or
(g) care
of a kind that is excluded by the regulations from the application of
subsection (1).