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CHILDREN (EDUCATION AND CARE SERVICES) NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 166
Offence to use inappropriate discipline
166 Offence to use inappropriate discipline
(1) The approved provider of an education and care service must ensure that no
child being educated and cared for by the service is subjected to-- (a) any
form of corporal punishment; or
(b) any discipline that is unreasonable in
the circumstances.
Penalty: $10 000, in the case of an individual.
$50 000,
in any other case.
(2) A nominated supervisor of an education and care
service must ensure that no child being educated and cared for by the service
is subjected to-- (a) any form of corporal punishment; or
(b) any discipline
that is unreasonable in the circumstances.
Penalty: $10 000.
(3) A staff
member of, or a volunteer at, an education and care service must not subject
any child being educated and cared for by the service to-- (a) any form of
corporal punishment; or
(b) any discipline that is unreasonable in the
circumstances.
Penalty: $10 000.
(4) A family day care educator must not
subject any child being educated and cared for by the educator as part of a
family day care service to-- (a) any form of corporal punishment; or
(b) any
discipline that is unreasonable in the circumstances.
Penalty: $10 000.
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