Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CHILD CARE ACT 1972 - SECT 4A

  (1)   Subject to subsection   ( 2), a child care centre is a place:

  (a)   that provides, or proposes to provide, child care for children:

  (i)   all of whom are residing in their own homes; and

  (ii)   all or the majority of whom are of pre - school age; and

  (iii)   all or the majority of whom attend the place on a regular basis; and

  (b)   in relation to which either of the following subparagraphs applies:

  (i)   the place provides, or proposes to provide, that child care:

  (A)   for not less than 8 hours on each normal working day; and

  (B)   on all normal working days in not less than 48 weeks in the year;

  (ii)   the place is a place that the Minister determines should be treated as a child care centre for the purposes of this Act.

  (2)   For the purposes of Part   IVA, a place is a child care centre whether or not all or the majority of the children for whom child care is provided at the place attend the place on a regular basis.