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CHILD CARE SERVICES (CHILD CARE) REGULATIONS 2006 - REG 26

26 .         Food preparation staff

        (1)         If a service provides food prepared at the place on a regular basis for 20 or more enrolled children the licensee must employ a person to prepare the food.

        (2)         The licensee must not employ a person for the purposes of subregulation (1) unless —

            (a)         the person has completed —

                  (i)         a food handling and hygiene course approved by the CEO; and

                  (ii)         a course of training in nutrition approved by the CEO;

                or

            (b)         the licensee is satisfied that the person has enrolled or intends to enrol in a course of that kind.

        (3)         The licensee must not continue to employ a person employed under subregulation (2)(b) if the person —

            (a)         in a case where the person had not enrolled in a food handling and hygiene course or course of training in nutrition approved by the CEO, fails to enrol in the course within one month after the person is employed; or

            (b)         in a case where the person had enrolled in a food handling and hygiene course or course of training in nutrition approved by the CEO, fails to complete a course within 6 months after the person is employed.

        Penalty: a fine of $4 000.

        [Regulation 26 amended: Gazette 1 Mar 2006 p. 932; 8 Dec 2006 p. 5374‑5.]



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