(1) The Secretary may grant an applicant a temporary approval if the Secretary is satisfied that the applicant is suitable to be employed or engaged in an early childhood service in place of a registered early childhood teacher for the purpose of meeting funding requirements in the kindergarten funding guidelines.
S. 2.6.60C(2) amended by No. 34/2020 s. 236.
(2) The Secretary must not grant a temporary approval to an applicant who does not hold a current WWC clearance under the Worker Screening Act 2020 .
S. 2.6.60C(3) substituted by No. 31/2018 s. 33(7).
(3) The Secretary must not grant a temporary approval to a person who has, at any time, been convicted or found guilty of a category A offence in Victoria or an equivalent offence in another jurisdiction.
(4) The Secretary may publish criteria on the Department's website for assessing the suitability of an applicant for grant of a temporary approval.
S. 2.6.60D inserted by No. 19/2014 s. 81.