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๐Ÿ“œ Education and Care Services National Law (WA) Amendment Bill 2018

Assented toLABill 7116 May 2018

This bill amends the Education and Care Services National Law (WA) Act 2012 to improve the National Quality Framework for early childhood education and care services. It also makes consequential changes to the Spent Convictions Act 1988 and the Working with Children (Criminal Record Checking) Act 2004.

Impact

Early childhood education and care services, especially family day care, will be affected. The changes aim to improve service quality, streamline processes, and strengthen safety measures for children.

Key Changes

["Streamlines assessment and rating processes for education and care services.", "Strengthens regulations for family day care services, including co-ordinator requirements and venue approvals.", "Removes supervisor certificate requirements."]

Parliamentary Progress

  1. LA Second Reading MovedLA16 May 2018
  2. LA IntroducedLA16 May 2018
  3. LA Second Reading AgreedLA19 June 2018
  4. LA Third ReadingLA19 June 2018
  5. LC Second Reading MovedLC14 Aug 2018
  6. LC Second Reading AgreedLC29 Aug 2018
  7. LC Third ReadingLC29 Aug 2018
  8. Royal Assent7 Sept 2018
Affected Sectors
education

Penalty Provisions5 found

criminal
35Criminalfine

Offence relating to places where education and care is provided as part of a family day care service

โ€œ103A. Offence relating to places where education and care is provided as part of a family day care serviceโ€

41Criminalfine

Offence for nominated supervisor not to meet prescribed minimum requirements

โ€œ161A. Offence for nominated supervisor not to meet prescribed minimum requirementsโ€

46Criminalfine

Offence relating to the education and care of children by family day care service

โ€œ164A. Offence relating to the education and care of children by family day care serviceโ€

56Criminalfine

Failure to comply with enforceable undertakings

โ€œ181. Failure to comply with enforceable undertakingsโ€

63Criminalfine

False or misleading information about prohibition notice

โ€œ188A. False or misleading information about prohibition noticeโ€

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