Singapore legislation
Schedule 6
Schedule 6
Specifications of centre
SIXTH SCHEDULERegulation 50(1)Specifications of centre
1. A licensee must ensure that no swing door is installed at the licensee’s centre.
2. A licensee must ensure that the floor of the licensee’s centre has a non‑slip surface, and must be kept clean and safe at all times.
3. A licensee of a centre must ensure that the licensee’s centre has the following areas:
a designated area for conducting the classes for the children attending at the centre;
a designated area where meals and snacks are prepared, that complies with paragraph 4;
a designated area for children to participate in indoor activities, that complies with such requirements as may be specified by the Chief Licensing Officer;
a designated play area that complies with such requirements as may be specified by the Chief Licensing Officer;
toilet and bath facilities;
an area where kitchen utensils may be washed;
an area where the children attending at the centre may have their meals;
an area where the children attending at the centre may rest;
an office area for the licensee’s staff;
an area where the licensee’s staff may rest;
a sick bay that is fully enclosed for the isolation of sick children;
separate areas for the storage of the following items:
food;
beds and bedding;
toys;
indoor play material and equipment;
outdoor play material and equipment;
medical supplies.
4. For the purposes of paragraph 3(b), the area mentioned in that paragraph must not be accessible by any child in the centre.
5. A licensee must ensure that the total number of children attending at the licensee’s centre at any time does not exceed such number as may be specified by the Chief Licensing Officer.
6. The licensee of a centre that has an area located above ground floor must ensure that all the windows of that area comply with any one of the following conditions to ensure that no child may fall through any such window:
the window has grilles, the gap of which is not wide enough for a child to pass through;
the window is closed at all times;
if the window is opened, the gap of the opening is not wide enough for a child to pass through.
7. The licensee of a centre that has any staircase must ensure that safety gates or barriers are used to prevent unsupervised access to the staircase by any child attending at the centre.
8. A licensee must ensure that there is a safety gate or door barrier fitted at the entrance of the kitchen or pantry of the licensee’s centre to prevent unsupervised access to the kitchen or pantry (as the case may be) by any child attending at the centre.
9. A licensee must install equipment at the licensee’s centre to enable the licensee to log on to and access such computerised web-based system as may be specified by the Chief Licensing Officer.
10. The licensee of a centre that is not housed on the ground floor, or includes areas that are not housed on the ground floor, must comply with such additional requirements as may be specified by the Chief Licensing Officer.
11. In this Schedule, “play area” means an area at a centre that is for children attending at the centre to carry out gross motor activities.