PART 2 - GENERAL DEFINITIONS
SECTION 3B
MEANING OF ``EXEMPT CHILD CARE BODY''
3B(1)
[Interpretation]
Subject to subsection (2), a body is an exempt child care body if:
(a)
the body is established and maintained principally for the purpose of providing any one or more of the following kinds of child care:
(i) long-day care;
(ii) outside school hours care;
(iii) school vacation care;
(iv) occasional care; and
(b)
the body is:
(i) eligible to receive funding from the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory in connection with that child care; or
(ii) approved in writing for the purposes of this subsection by the Minister for Family Services.
3B(2)
[Subsection (1) not to apply]
Subsection (1) does not apply to a body operated from a place that is owned or leased by one or more employers if the provision of the child care is principally for children of:
(a)
any of the employers; or
(b)
employees of any of the employers.
3B(3)
[Other exempt child care bodies]
A body is also an exempt child care body if:
(a)
the body is established and maintained principally for the purpose of organising, supporting and monitoring the provision of family day care; and
(b)
the body is:
(i) eligible to receive funding from the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory in connection with that organising, supporting and monitoring; or
(ii) approved in writing for the purposes of this subsection by the Minister for Family Services.
3B(4)
[Minister's approval]
An approval by the Minister for Family Services under subsection (1) or (3) is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 46A of the
Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
History
S 3B inserted by No 118 of 1993, s 143, effective 24 December 1993.