s.22Promotion and regulation of early childhood care and education centres
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Section 22Part 10 — EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION

Promotion and regulation of early childhood care and education centres

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The Minister shall make provision, within available resources, for —
the promotion of early childhood care and education; and
the regulation of early childhood care and education centres; and may subsidise by way of grant or by any other means, schemes that facilitate attendance at early childhood care and education centres.
No person shall operate an early childhood care and education centre, unless the centre is registered in accordance with the regulations and, where a school or other educational institution intends to also provide early childhood care and education, it shall not provide early childhood care and education unless it is registered to do so in accordance with the regulations.
The Cabinet may make regulations relating to the granting, suspension and revocation of registrations and otherwise in relation to registrations.
An early childhood care and education centre that was authorised under the Education Act (2010 Revision) may continue to operate as if registered under this Act but only for one year from the date that this section enters into force, during which period the centre shall apply for registration under this Act.
Where, within the period of one year referred to in subsection (4), an early childhood care and education centre makes a valid application for registration under this Part and the application is acknowledged, the centre may continue operating until a decision on the application is conveyed to it.

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