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National Regulations Update
The Ministerial Council for Education,
Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs of the Education and Care
Services approved the National Regulations on 14 October 2011.
Go to the National Quality Framework page of our website for more information.
The full review of the Children’s Services Regulation has been
discontinued
Due to the National Quality Agenda which will include national
regulatory arrangements, the NSW Government decided not to continue
with the comprehensive review of the Children’s Services Regulation
2004. Instead, the life of the current Regulation will be extended until
the end of 2011. The NSW Government intends to proceed with selected
amendments to the existing Regulation, including the introduction of a
1:4 ratio for children under two years.
These amendements have now been released. Please see below.
(Click here for a full copy of the Children's Services Regulation 2004.)
Children's Services Amended Regulation 2010
The Children's Services Amended Regulation 2010 can be downloaded here. This document introduces some key amendments to the Children's Services Regulation 2004 and the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1988. These changes are effective from 1 January 2011 and include:
- simplifying and streamlining the licensing model,
- strengthening the Regulation to ensure the safety, welfare and wellbeing of children in children’s services
- increasing operational flexibility in relation to the number of children in attendance at a services, and
- increasing the ratio of staff to children under two years to 1:4 in centre based and mobile services.
The NSW Regulation will be current until the end of 2011, and the National Quality Framework will apply from 1 January 2012.
Click here for a full copy of the Children's Services Regulation 2004.
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