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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 14 Hansard (11 December) . . Page.. 5061 ..

(k) in the case of any other person who is not a member of staff but who is otherwise employed at the centre:

(i) the person's name and address; and

(ii) the hours it is proposed the person will work at the centre;

(l) the daily routines and daily activities that are proposed for children in each age group at the centre.

4. DISPLAY OF CERTIFICATE

Where the Minister issues to a person a certificate signed by the Minister stating:

(a) that the person is the holder of a licence;

(b) the period for which, subject to the Act, the licence is to remain in force;

(c) the maximum number of children for whom care may be provided;

(d) the ages of the children for whom care may be provided; and

(e) the number of the persons under whose control the children for whom care is provided will be placed;

the person shall cause the certificate to be prominently displayed at all times at the premises to which the licence relates.

Penalty: $500.

5. LICENCE ON PREMISES

A licensee shall at all times keep a copy of the licence on the premises to which the licence relates.

Penalty: $500.

6. ADMISSION REGISTER

(1) A licensee shall keep an admission register in which he or she shall enter the prescribed particulars in relation to each child for whom care is being provided at the child care centre and any change in those particulars.

(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1), the prescribed particulars are-

(a) the child's full name and address;

(b) his or her date of birth and sex;

(c) the telephone number or numbers (if any) of a parent;

(d) a statement relating to the child's general health and well-being, including immunisation particulars;

(e) the telephone number of a person who may be contacted in the event of an emergency concerning the child if a parent cannot be contacted;

(f) the name, address and telephone number of a medical practitioner who may attend the child.

(3) It shall be sufficient compliance with the requirements of subregulation (1), if the licensee-

(a) enters in the register the prescribed particulars in relation to a child that have been supplied by a parent of that child and which the licensee reasonably believes to be correct;

(b) enters in the register any change in a prescribed particular which he or she reasonably believes to have occurred, whether on information supplied by a parent of the relevant child or otherwise; and

(c) corrects any error in the particulars entered in the register of which he or she becomes aware.

Penalty: $200.

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