Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (1) For the purposes
of section 18, the supervising officer may be absent from the place at
which the service is provided at the times when the service is
provided —
(a) to
accompany enrolled children on an excursion; or
(b) for
not more than 2 consecutive days if the absence is due to illness or injury;
or
(c) in
an emergency situation; or
(d) to
undertake continuing professional development in matters relating to child
care; or
(e) to
attend a meeting or other event that is relevant to the supervision and
control of the service; or
(f) to
obtain or eat a meal; or
(g) to
attend to other duties relevant to the provision of the service such as
banking and shopping for food or drinks.
(2) Despite the
supervising officer for a service being absent from the place at which the
service is provided for a reason referred to in subregulation (1), the
supervising officer must be present at the place for —
(a) not
less than 25 hours per week in any week during which the service is
provided; or
(b) 70%
of the time for which the service is provided during a week,
whichever is the
lesser.
[Regulation 22 amended: Gazette
1 Mar 2006 p. 931, 932 and 933; 7 Aug 2007
p. 4033.]