❓ Hon Sue Ellery asks about breaches of childcare regulations between July and September 2009, compared to 2008, and any resulting prosecutions. The answer details the number of breaches by category, explains the increase due to more thorough checks, and states that no breaches led to prosecution.
AnsweredQoN 1270Legislative Council
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(1) How many breaches of regulations by child care operators have occurred in the period 1 July 2009 to 30 September 2009, by licensed category?
(2) How do the number of breaches compare to the same period in 2008?
(3) How many of breaches listed in (1), have proceeded to prosecution?
(4) What is the outcome of those prosecutions?
(2) How do the number of breaches compare to the same period in 2008?
(3) How many of breaches listed in (1), have proceeded to prosecution?
(4) What is the outcome of those prosecutions?
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Answered
17 November 2009
Responded by
Minister for Community Services
Response time
34 days
Child Care breaches 232 Family Day Care breaches 46 Outside School Hours Family Day Care breaches 1 Outside School Hours Care breaches 23 Total breaches 302 The increase in breaches from 2008 to 2009 was caused by Child Care Licensing conducting more checks of services, more thorough checks of services, and more training in compliance for licensing officers to help them better identify breaches. The increased number of checks over the period this year (675) compared to the same period last year (477) is a result of more services coming up for licence renewal. Part of the renewal process requires a licensing officer to visit and perform a complete service check (which is more likely to find minor issues such as incorrect procedures), instead of the smaller spot check that is conducted annually. In 2006 the regulations governing the licensing of child care centres were amended to change the licence period from two years to three years; one of the results of that was that between 1 July 2008 and 31 December 2008, no services applied to renew their services, so the only full checks conducted were for those services that had applied for a new licence, or that CCLSU felt required a full check. (3) No breaches listed in (1) warranted prosecution. (4) Not applicable Notice: This document is created or edited using unregistered or evaluation copy of rtLib valid for testing or development purposes only. To use it for productive or any other purposes please register it. You may purchase the license on http://www.rtlib.com
The increased number of checks over the period this year (675) compared to the same period last year (477) is a result of more services coming up for licence renewal. Part of the renewal process requires a licensing officer to visit and perform a complete service check (which is more likely to find minor issues such as incorrect procedures), instead of the smaller spot check that is conducted annually. In 2006 the regulations governing the licensing of child care centres were amended to change the licence period from two years to three years; one of the results of that was that between 1 July 2008 and 31 December 2008, no services applied to renew their services, so the only full checks conducted were for those services that had applied for a new licence, or that CCLSU felt required a full check. (3) No breaches listed in (1) warranted prosecution. (4) Not applicable Notice: This document is created or edited using unregistered or evaluation copy of rtLib valid for testing or development purposes only. To use it for productive or any other purposes please register it. You may purchase the license on http://www.rtlib.com
The increased number of checks over the period this year (675) compared to the same period last year (477) is a result of more services coming up for licence renewal. Part of the renewal process requires a licensing officer to visit and perform a complete service check (which is more likely to find minor issues such as incorrect procedures), instead of the smaller spot check that is conducted annually. In 2006 the regulations governing the licensing of child care centres were amended to change the licence period from two years to three years; one of the results of that was that between 1 July 2008 and 31 December 2008, no services applied to renew their services, so the only full checks conducted were for those services that had applied for a new licence, or that CCLSU felt required a full check. (3) No breaches listed in (1) warranted prosecution. (4) Not applicable Notice: This document is created or edited using unregistered or evaluation copy of rtLib valid for testing or development purposes only. To use it for productive or any other purposes please register it. You may purchase the license on http://www.rtlib.com
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