1 Name of Determination

This Determination is the Child Care Benefit (Eligibility of Child Care Services for Approval and Continued Approval) Amendment Determination 2005 (No. 2).

2 Commencement

This Determination commences on 1 January 2006.

3 Amendment of Child Care Benefit (Eligibility of Child Care Services for Approval and Continued Approval) Determination 2000

Schedule 1 amends the Child Care Benefit (Eligibility of Child Care Services for Approval and Continued Approval) Determination 2000.

4 Transitional — self-study reports submitted before 1 February 2006

(1) Despite the amendment made by Schedule 1, section 23 of the Child Care Benefit (Eligibility of Child Care Services for Approval and Continued Approval) Determination 2000 as in force immediately before 1 January 2006 continues to apply in relation to an approved centre based long day care service in respect of a self-study report that:

(a) is prepared in accordance with the document titled ‘Quality Improvement and Accreditation System Self-study Report’, 2nd edition, 2001, published by the Council; and

(b) either:

(i) is due on or after 1 January 2006 but that is submitted to the Council by the service before 1 January 2006; or

(ii) is due before 1 January 2006 but that is submitted to the Council by the service on or after 1 January 2006 and before 1 February 2006.

(2) For the avoidance of doubt, the amendment made by Schedule 1 applies in relation to an approved centre based long day care service in respect of a self-study report that:

(a) is prepared in accordance with the document titled ‘Quality Improvement and Accreditation System Self-study Report’, 3rd edition, 2005, published by the Council; and

(b) is due on or after 1 January 2006 but that is submitted to the Council by the service before 1 January 2006.

(3) For subsections (1) and (2), a self-study report that is sent by prepaid post to the Council is taken to have been submitted to the Council at the time the report is posted.

(4) In this section:

Council means the National Childcare Accreditation Council.

Schedule 1 Amendment

(section 3)

[1] Paragraph 23 (a), including the note

substitute

(a) participate in the QIAS in accordance with any quality improvement and accreditation requirements contained in the following documents, published by the Council and as in force on 1 January 2006:

(i) ‘Quality Improvement and Accreditation System Quality Practices Guide’, 1st edition, 2005;

(ii) ‘Quality Improvement and Accreditation System Handbook’, 3rd edition, 2005;

(iii) ‘Quality Improvement and Accreditation System Self-study Report’, 3rd edition, 2005; and

Note Information about these documents is available at the Council’s website at www.ncac.gov.au.