Clause 51

the classes of licences and early childhood development centres;

the form and manner in which, and the time within which, an application for or in relation to a licence may be made, and the information and evidence required to be provided in connection with such an application;

the form and manner in which, and the time within which, an application for the Chief Licensing Officer’s approval under this Act may be made, and the information and evidence required to be provided in connection with such an application;

the carrying out of inquiries and investigations of applicants;

for early childhood development centres —

the duties and responsibilities of licensees;

the qualifications, experience, appointment, duties, responsibilities, training and discipline of persons for the purposes of the operation, management and supervision of the centres;

the admission of children to the centres, enrolment capacity, and the minimum or maximum age of children who may be admitted to any class or type of centres;

the medical examination of children cared for or receiving education, and employees and other persons approved to perform duties or provide educational services at the centres;

the exclusion from the centres of any child, employee or other person, and measures to preserve the health and wellbeing of children, employees or other persons;

the control and supervision of activities in the centres;

the types and content of the curriculum and programme carried out in the centres;

the adequacy, suitability and use of equipment, facilities and space in the centres;

the food to be provided in the centres;

the keeping and maintenance of registers, records, timetables, menus and books of account, and the periods of retention;

the returns, reports and other information to be submitted to the Chief Licensing Officer, the publication of such returns, reports or other information by the Chief Licensing Officer, and the periods of publication;

the publication, by licensees in the form and manner determined by the Chief Licensing Officer, of information relating to the provision of care or education at the centres, including but not limited to fees, schedules, programmes, premises, and employees and persons approved to perform duties or provide educational services at the centres;

the building structure, layout, hygiene and sanitation of the centres;

the precautions to be taken against fire or other peril likely to endanger the lives or health of children cared for in the centres;

service standards or other requirements, restrictions or conditions which are to apply in the provision of care or education by a licensee, employees and persons approved to perform duties or provide educational services at the centres;

the fees and other charges to be paid in respect of the services provided in the centres or otherwise on account of the attendance of children at the centres and the restriction or prohibition of any further fees and charges or of any specified fees and charges;

the methods of payment or collection of fees and charges and the restriction or prohibition of collections or subscriptions of moneys by the centres; and

the administration and computation of any Government subsidy for eligible parents of children attending the centres, the submission of applications for subsidy and the refund or recovery of any subsidy that is wrongly given;

the fees to be paid in respect of applications for and the grant, renewal or late renewal and transfer of any licence, and applications for approval, and otherwise in connection with the administration of this Act, and the waiver, reduction or refund of such fees;

the procedure for appeals under this Act;

all matters and things required or permitted to be prescribed under or for the purposes of this Act.

allow the Chief Licensing Officer to waive any requirement of the regulations in respect of any licensee or early childhood development centre, subject to such conditions as the Chief Licensing Officer may determine;

prescribe the offences under this Act that may be compounded; and

provide that any contravention of any provision of the regulations shall be an offence punishable with a fine not exceeding $10,000 or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or with both and, in the case of a continuing offence, with a further fine not exceeding $1,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.