Victorian Numbered Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING AMENDMENT (NO JAB, NO PLAY) ACT 2015 (NO. 55 OF 2015) - SECT 4

In section 3(1) of the Principal Act insert the following definitions—

""age appropriately immunised" in relation to a child means that the child is immunised in accordance with the relevant standard vaccination schedule or the relevant catch up vaccination schedule determined under section 4 of the A New Tax (Family Assistance) Act 1999 of the Commonwealth;

"early childhood service" means the following—

        (a)     an education and care service within the meaning of section 5(1) of the Education and Care Services National Law (Victoria) but does not include—

              (i)     an outside school hours care service or a school holiday care service; or

              (ii)     any part of an education and care service that is an outside school hours care service or a school holiday care service;

        (b)     a service that is licensed under Part 3 of the Children's Services Act 1996 and is of a class prescribed to be an early childhood service for the purposes of Division 7 of Part 8 of this Act;

"person in charge" in relation to an early childhood service means—

        (a)     in the case of an education and care service within the meaning of section 5(1) of the Education and Care Services National Law (Victoria), the approved provider within the meaning of that section;

        (b)     in the case of a service that is licensed under Part 3 of the Children's Services Act 1996 , the proprietor within the meaning of section 3(1) of that Act;".