Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 737

    (1)     A licensed proprietor of a childcare service commits an offence if—

        (a)     someone stops being a controlling person for the childcare service; and

        (b)     the licensed proprietor does not tell the director-general, in writing, that the person has stopped being a controlling person not later than 30 days after the day the person stops being a controlling person.

Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.

    (2)     A licensed proprietor of a childcare service commits an offence if—

        (a)     someone becomes a controlling person for the childcare service; and

        (b)     the licensed proprietor does not tell the director-general, in writing, that the person has become a controlling person not later than 30 days after the day the person becomes a controlling person.

Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.

    (3)     An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.

Note to pt 20.3

An authorised person may, at any reasonable time, enter premises if a licensed childcare service is operating on the premises or the director-general suspects on reasonable grounds that a childcare service is operating on the premises (see  s 817).