Western Australian Current Regulations

CHILD CARE SERVICES (CHILD CARE) REGULATIONS 2006 - REG 33

33 .         Exits

        (1)         A licensee must ensure that children are able to open interconnecting doors of rooms at the place that they are permitted to use and that door handles are positioned between 750 mm and 1 000 mm from the floor.

        (2)         A licensee must ensure that doors giving direct access from the place to the street —

            (a)         have handles positioned between 1 300 mm and 1 500 mm from the floor; and

            (b)         are locked in a manner that does not prevent effective evacuation of the place.

        (3)         A licensee must ensure that there are at least 2 exits from the place, and that those exits are as widely separated as practicable and are readily accessible.

        (4)         A licensee must ensure that every room at the place having accommodation for 20 children or less has at least one doorway not less than 800 mm wide giving direct access to the outdoor space or to a thoroughfare or passage giving direct access to the outdoor space.

        (5)         A licensee must ensure that every room at the place having accommodation for more than 20 children has at least 2 doorways not less than 800 mm wide giving direct access to the outdoor space or to a thoroughfare or passage giving direct access to the outdoor space, and that those doorways are as widely separated as practicable.

        Penalty: a fine of $4 000.