Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations In these regulations,
unless the contrary intention appears —
care session means a discrete period during which
children are in the care of a service;
child care licence means a licence granted under
section 13 authorising the provision of a service;
class A contact staff member means a contact staff
member who holds —
(a) a
degree or diploma in early childhood care or early childhood education from a
recognised Australian university or other tertiary institution; or
(b) an
equivalent qualification as determined by the CEO;
class A* contact staff member means a contact
staff member who holds —
(a) a
qualification referred to in the definition of class A contact staff member
which includes a specialist course on the principles and practices of the care
and education of children in the 0‑24 months age range, in addition
to practical experience of 100 hours (minimum) with children in that age
range; or
(b) an
equivalent qualification as determined by the CEO;
class B contact staff member means a contact staff
member who holds —
(a) a
2 year certificate in child care studies; or
(b) a
diploma or associate diploma in child care; or
(c) an
equivalent qualification as determined by the CEO;
class B* contact staff member means a contact
staff member who holds —
(a) a
qualification referred to in the definition of class B contact staff member
which includes a specialist course on the principles and practices of the care
and education of children in the 0‑24 months age range, in addition
to practical experience of 100 hours (minimum) with children in that age
range; or
(b) an
equivalent qualification as determined by the CEO;
class C contact staff member means a contact staff
member who is —
[(a) deleted]
(b) the
holder of a mothercraft nursing qualification; or
(c) the
holder of an equivalent qualification as determined by the CEO;
class D contact staff member means a person who
does not hold a qualification referred to in the definitions of class A,
A*, B, B*, C or E contact staff member;
class E contact staff member means a person who
has reached 18 years of age and —
(a) has
at least 2 years’ experience working in an early childhood care
setting; or
(b) is
the holder of —
(i)
a Certificate III in Community Services (Children’s
Services); or
(ii)
a qualification equivalent to that referred to in
subparagraph (i) as determined by the CEO;
contact staff member —
(a)
means a person employed by the licensee to take direct care of enrolled
children;
(b) when
the licensee is personally taking direct care of enrolled children, includes
the licensee; and
(c) when
a supervising officer is personally taking direct care of enrolled children,
includes the supervising officer;
current criminal record check means a criminal
record check issued not more than 2 years before the material time;
enrolled child , in relation to a service, means a
child for whom the service is provided;
first aid qualification means a certificate or
other document evidencing the successful completion of an approved first aid
training course;
licence means a child care licence;
licensee means the holder of a licence;
lunch period means a period of not more than
3 hours in any day during which contact staff members are permitted to
have lunch breaks;
on duty has the meaning given to that term in
regulation 5;
place means —
(a) the
place specified in a licence as the place at which a service is authorised to
be provided; and
(b) in
relation to a licence application, the place at which the licence applicant
proposes to operate the service to which the application relates;
primary school age enrolled child means an
enrolled child who is old enough to be required to be enrolled in an
educational programme under the School Education Act 1999
section 9(1) but who has not commenced a secondary programme;
qualified rescuer means a person who holds at
least one of the following qualifications —
(a) an
RLSSA Aquatic Rescue Certificate;
(b) an
RLSSA Bronze medallion;
(c) an
RLSSA Swimming Teacher Rescue Certificate;
(d) a
Surf Life Saving Western Australia Incorporated Bronze medallion;
(e) a
qualification that is, in the opinion of the CEO, equivalent to a
qualification referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d);
RLSSA means the Royal Life Saving
Society ‑ Australia, Western Australia Branch Inc.;
secondary programme has the meaning given to that
term in the School Education Regulations 2000 regulation 3(1);
section means a section of the Act;
service means a child care service provided for a
child who has not commenced a secondary programme but does not include a
service as defined in the Child Care Services (Family Day Care)
Regulations 2006 regulation 3;
staff member means a member of the staff of a
service;
volunteer means a person who is not a contact
staff member and who has reached 18 years of age;
water activity means swimming or any other
activity in a body of water;
working day means a day that is not a Saturday,
Sunday, public holiday or public service holiday.
[Regulation 3 amended in Gazette
1 Mar 2006 p. 930‑1; 8 Dec 2006
p. 5370‑2; 7 Aug 2007 p. 4031; 6 Jan 2012
p. 15.]