Western Australia 
                               Education and Care Services National Law (Western Australia) 
                                  Education and Care Services National 
                                                  Regulations 2012 
                           
                          As at 30 Dec 2021             Version 01-r0-01 
                                                 Published on www.legislation.wa.gov.au 
                             
                                                           Western Australia 
                                     Education and Care Services National 
                                                       Regulations 2012 
                                                               Contents 
                                             Chapter 1 — Preliminary 
                                   1.        Citation                                                     1 
                                   2.        Authorising provisions                                       1 
                                   3.        Commencement                                                 1 
                                   4.        Definitions                                                  2 
                                   5.        Services that are not education and care services            9 
                                   6.        Eligible association                                        13 
                                   7.        Prescribed rating system                                    13 
                                   8.        National Quality Standard                                   13 
                                   9.        Prescribed entities                                         13 
                                   10.       Meaning of actively working towards a 
                                             qualification                                               14 
                                   11.       Meaning of in attendance at a centre-based service          14 
                                   12.       Meaning of serious incident                                 15 
                                   13.       Meaning of working directly with children                   16 
                                             Chapter 2 — Approvals 
                                             Part 2.1 — Provider approvals 
                                   14.       Application for provider approval by individual             17 
                                   15.       Application for provider approval by person other 
                                             than an individual                                          19 
                                   16.       Matters relating to criminal history                        20 
                                   17.       Application for amendment of provider approval              20 
                                   18.       Maximum period of suspension of provider 
                                             approval                                                    21 
                             
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                                  19.      Application for voluntary suspension of provider 
                                           approval                                                  21 
                                  20.      Application by individual executor for provider 
                                           approval                                                  21 
                                  21.      Application by executor other than an individual 
                                           for provider approval                                     23 
                                  22.      Application by individual for provider approval on 
                                           incapacity of approved provider                           24 
                                  23.      Application by person other than an individual for 
                                           provider approval on incapacity of approved 
                                           provider                                                  26 
                                           Part 2.2 — Service approvals 
                                           Division 1 — Applications for service approvals 
                                  24.      Application for service approval — centre-based 
                                           service                                                   27 
                                  25.      Additional information about proposed education 
                                           and care service premises                                 28 
                                  25A.     Application for service approval for a centre-based 
                                           service — relocation of existing centre-based 
                                           service                                                   31 
                                  26.      Application for service approval — family day 
                                           care service                                              31 
                                  27.      Additional matters to have regard to in determining 
                                           application for service approval                          33 
                                  28.      Additional grounds for refusal to grant service 
                                           approval                                                  34 
                                  29.      Condition on service approval — insurance                 34 
                                  30.      Condition on service approval — family day care 
                                           educator insurance                                        35 
                                  31.      Condition on service approval — quality 
                                           improvement plan                                          35 
                                  32.      Condition on service approval — entitlement to 
                                           occupy premises                                           36 
                                  32A.     Condition on service approval — maximum 
                                           number of family day care educators                       36 
                                  33.      Annual fees                                               36 
                            
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