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Child Care Act 1972
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C2004C02688
27 April 1998
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17 June 2000
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Part I—Preliminary
1 Short title [see Note 1]
2 Commencement [see Note 1]
4 Interpretation [see Note 2]
4A Child care centres
4B Eligible child care centres [see Note 2]
4C Guidelines for eligible child care centres [see Note 2]
4D Allocation conditions stop applying after 31 December 1999 [see Note 2]
4E Consequences of breach of conditions [see Note 2]
4F Procedure for imposing a sanction [see Note 2]
4G Review by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal [see Note 2]
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Part II—Capital Grants
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Division 1—Approved Projects
5 Interpretation of Division 1
6 Approval of projects
7 Grants for approved projects
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Division 2—Approved Equipment
8 Interpretation of Division 2
9 Approval of equipment
10 Grants for approved equipment
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Part III—Recurrent Grants
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Division 1—Grants for new eligible child care centres and grants for fee relief [see Note 2]
12 Grants in relation to establishment of new eligible child care centres
12A Grants for fee relief [see Note 2]
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Division 2—Provision of tax file numbers [see Note 2]
12B Provision of a persons’s tax file number [see Note 2]
12C Provision of partner’s tax file number [see Note 2]
12D Social Security Secretary may request person who would benefit from fee relief to give statement of person’s tax file number [see Note 2]
12E Social Security Secretary may request person who would benefit from fee relief to give statement of partner’s tax file number [see Note 2]
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Division 3—Allocation of child care places [see Note 2]
12F Secretary to allocate child care places [see Note 2]
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Division 4—The immunisation requirement [see Note 2]
12G The immunisation requirement [see Note 2]
12H Minister’s directions [see Note 2]
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Part IIIA—Confidentiality [see Note 2]
12J Authorised access to and use of protected information [see Note 2]
12K Offence—unauthorised access to protected information [see Note 2]
12L Offence—unauthorised use of protected information [see Note 2]
12M Protection extends to court, tribunal etc. proceedings [see Note 2]
12N Secretary’s certificate [see Note 2]
12P Guidelines for exercise of Secretary’s disclosure power [see Note 2]
12Q Offence—soliciting disclosure of protected information [see Note 2]
12R Offence—untrue representations [see Note 2]
12S Offences—offering to supply protected information [see Note 2]
12T Freedom of Information Act not affected [see Note 2]
12U Application of the Criminal Code [see Note 2]
12V Crown not liable to be prosecuted for offences [see Note 2]
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Part IV—Research Grants
13 Grants for research etc.
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Part IVA—Grants in Respect of the Development of Child Care Centres
13A Interpretation
13B Approval of projects related to the development of child care centres
13C Grants for projects related to the development of child care centres
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Part V—Advisory Committees
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Division 1—Establishment of Committees
14 Child Care Standards Committee
15 Convenor of Child Care Standards Committee
16 Other committees
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Division 2—General
17 Definition of committee
18 Appointment of members of committees
19 Remuneration and allowances of members of committees
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Part VI—Miscellaneous
20 Conditions relating to grants
20A Agreements may be entered into with transferees of land etc.
20B Overpayments
21 Delegations by the Minister [see Note 2]
21A Delegations by the Secretary [see Note 2]
22 Approvals and determinations to be in writing
22A Exercise of powers in Minister’s discretion
23 Manner of payment of grants
24 Money to be appropriated
25 Regulations