Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (1) A licensee must
ensure that enrolled children are not taken on an excursion from the place
unless —
(a) the
supervising officer has prepared an excursion plan in accordance with
regulation 88; and
(b) a
parent of each child to be taken on the excursion has, after being advised of
the nature, location and date of the excursion, and the proposed times of
departure from and return to the place —
(i)
given authorisation for the child to be taken on that
excursion; and
(ii)
provided the licensee with contact details in the event
of an emergency;
and
(c) the
contact staff member in charge of the excursion has with him or her a list of
all those children and the contact details referred to in
paragraph (b)(ii) for those children.
(2) A licensee must
ensure that a parent’s authorisation for the purposes of
subregulation (1)(b)(i) has been signed by the parent and includes the
following information —
(a) the
date of the excursion;
(b) the
destination;
(c) the
proposed times of departure from and return to the place.
(3)
Subregulation (1) does not apply to an excursion that consists of a walk
to and from a destination in the local area if a parent of each child on the
outing has given permission for the child to go on that outing or on outings
of that kind.
Penalty: a fine of $3 000.