Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A child:
(a) starts to be enrolled for care by a child care service of a provider if:
(i) the provider and an individual enter into a complying written arrangement for the service to provide care to the child; or
(ii) the service provides care to the child in the circumstances referred to in subsection (4); and
(b) ceases to be enrolled for care by that service when the earliest of the following events happens:
(i) for an enrolment that started as referred to in subparagraph (a)(i)--the arrangement ends;
(ii) for an enrolment that started as referred to in subparagraph (a)(ii)--the care ceases to be provided in those circumstances;
(iii) 14 weeks have passed since the child last attended any of the service's sessions of care;
(iv) an event prescribed by the Minister's rules.
(1A) The Minister's rules may prescribe circumstances in which one or more weeks covered wholly or partly by a period of emergency or disaster are to be disregarded for the purposes of subparagraph (1)(b)(iii).
(2) A child is enrolled for care by a service from the day the child starts to be enrolled until the child ceases to be enrolled. To avoid doubt, a child who ceases to be enrolled for care by a service is not enrolled for care by that service until the child starts to be enrolled for care by that service again.
(3) A written arrangement between a provider and an individual is a complying written arrangement if the arrangement complies with the requirements prescribed by the Secretary's rules.
(4) A service provides care to a child in the circumstances referred to in this subsection if:
(a) immediately before the service starts to provide the care, the child is not enrolled for care by the service; and
(b) any of the following applies in relation to the week in which the service starts to provide the care:
(i) a certificate given by the approved provider of the service under section 85CB (certification for ACCS (child wellbeing)) of the Family Assistance Act is in effect in relation to the child;
(ii) a determination made by the Secretary under section 85CE (determination for ACCS (child wellbeing)) of the Family Assistance Act is in effect in relation to the child;
(iii) the approved provider of the service has applied for a determination under section 85CE of the Family Assistance Act and the application has not been refused; and
(c) the provider gives the Secretary a declaration referred to in paragraph 67CH(1)(c) in relation to sessions of care provided by the service to the child.