Victorian Current Acts

EDUCATION AND TRAINING REFORM ACT 2006 - SECT 2.6.56B

S. 2.6.56B(1) substituted by No. 33/2020 s. 17(1).

    (1)     A person or body must not employ or engage a person in an early childhood service for the purpose of meeting requirements under the national regulations for attendance of or access to early childhood teachers unless the person is a registered early childhood teacher.

Penalty:     120 penalty units.

S. 2.6.56B(2) amended by No. 33/2020 s. 17(2).

    (2)     A person or body must not employ or engage a person in an early childhood service for the purpose of meeting requirements under the Children's Services Act 1996 or regulations made under that Act for attendance of or access to early childhood teachers unless the person is a registered early childhood teacher.

Penalty:     120 penalty units.

    (3)     A person or body must not employ or engage a person in an early childhood service for the purpose of meeting requirements in the kindergarten funding guidelines for attendance of or access to early childhood teachers unless the person—

        (a)     is a registered early childhood teacher; or

S. 2.6.56B (3)(b) amended by No. 33/2020 s. 17(3)(a).

        (b)     holds a temporary approval that permits the person to be engaged or employed in the early childhood service for the purposes of meeting those requirements.

S. 2.6.56B (3)(c) repealed by No. 33/2020 s. 17(3)(b).

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Penalty:     120 penalty units.

S. 2.6.56B(4) amended by No. 33/2020 s. 17(4)(a).

    (4)     A person is not employed or engaged for the purpose of meeting requirements for attendance of an early childhood teacher only for the reason that the person is—

        (a)     taken to be an early childhood teacher under regulation 135 of the national regulations; or

S. 2.6.56B (4)(b) amended by No. 33/2020 s. 17(4)(b).

        (b)     taken to be an early childhood teacher under regulations made under the Children's Services Act 1996 .