New Zealand Legislation: Regulations
Regulations are laws made under Acts
Reprint as at 1 July 2011
(SR 2008/204)
Anand Satyanand, Governor-General
At Wellington this 7th day of July 2008
Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.
These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Education.
Pursuant to section 317 of the Education Act 1989, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.
4 Application of these regulations to existing early childhood services
6 What details must be included in applications
7 Applicant must make statutory declaration
Additional requirements where application relates to certain kinds of licence
9 Additional requirements where application relates to centre
9A Additional requirement where application relates to hospital-based education and care service
10 Additional requirements where application relates to home-based service
11 Grant of probationary licence
12 Probationary licence not to follow transitional licence or full licence
14 Duration of full licence [Revoked]
15 Secretary may reclassify licence as provisional licence
16 Conditions of provisional licence
17 Duration of provisional licence
18 Grant of temporary relocation licence
19 Grant of transitional licence
20 Consents under Resource Management Act 1991
20A Requirements for premises of centre and hospital-based education and care service
22 Classes of licence, conditions, and other matters
22A Limitations for centres and hospital-based services providing services for children under 2 years
23 Limitation on mixed ages in centres and hospital-based services
26 Additional requirements relating to licences for centre
27 Additional requirements relating to licences for hospital-based education and care service
28 Additional requirements for licensed home-based education and care service
31 Effect and consequences of suspension
34 Changes to centre status requires new licence [Revoked]
35 Continuing duty to advise of change of circumstances
37 Renewal of full licences [Revoked]
40 Outline and purpose of Part
41 Minister may prescribe criteria
Subpart 2—Standards for licensed services
42 Application of subpart: general
43 Curriculum standard: general
44 Qualifications, ratios, and service-size standard: general
44A Spare capacity for children under 2 can in certain cases be set off against number of children 2 or over in determination of adult-child ratios
45 Premises and facilities standard: general
46 Health and safety practices standard: general
47 Governance, management, and administration standard: general
Subpart 3—Standards for limited attendance centres
[Revoked]
48 Application of subpart: limited attendance centres [Revoked]
49 Curriculum standard: limited attendance centres [Revoked]
50 Ratios, supervision, and service-size standard: limited attendance centres [Revoked]
51 Premises and facilities standard: limited attendance centres [Revoked]
52 Health and safety practices standard: limited attendance centres [Revoked]
53 Management and administration standard: limited attendance centres [Revoked]
54 Miscellaneous variations to operation of minimum standards
55 Secretary may request health reports
57 Health and safety of children
58 Collection of children from centres and home-based education and care services
59 Further obligations in relation to hospital-based education and care
Schedule 1
Qualification requirements
Schedule 2
Adult-to-child ratios (minimum)
Schedule 3
Service-size (maximum)
Schedule 4
Activity spaces (minimum)
Education (Early Childhood Services) Amendment Regulations 2009
