Singapore legislation
Regulation 48A
Regulation 48A
Minimum staff strength at centres of licensees holding Class A licence, in addition to holding Class B licence or Class C licence
Subregulation 1
Regulation 48 applies to a licensee who holds a Class A licence in addition to holding a Class B licence or Class C licence, as it applies to a licensee who holds a Class B licence or Class C licence, except that every reference to the centre in regulation 48(1)(a) and (2) is read as a reference to the non-infant care area of the centre.
Subregulation 2
Despite regulation 44, a licensee who holds a Class A licence in addition to holding a Class B licence or Class C licence must ensure that at all times when there is any child present in the infant care area of the licensee’s centre during the operating hours —
at least 2 members of the licensee’s programme staff (other than its principal) are present in the infant care area;
at least one member of the licensee’s programme staff present in the infant care area is an infant educator; and
where the number of children present at the infant care area is —
50 or less — at least one member of the licensee’s programme staff present in the infant care area has obtained the Child First Aid Accreditation certification; or
more than 50 — the ratio of members of the licensee’s programme staff who have obtained the Child First Aid Accreditation certification and are present at the infant care area to the children present at the infant care area is not less than 1:50.
Subregulation 3
In this regulation —
Definition
“infant care area”, in relation to a centre, means the part of the centre that is designated as the area at which all infant classes at the centre must be conducted;
Definition
“non-infant care area”, in relation to a centre, means the part of the centre that is not the infant care area.