A provider running several services holds one provider approval and a separate service approval for each service. Most National Law offences sit with the approved provider, so a breach at one centre is the provider’s breach, with maximum penalties of up to $172,200 for a company. Many obligations attach to each service: its own nominated supervisor (s 161), QIP (regulation 55), policies (regulation 168), compliance record (regulation 167) and emergency rehearsals (regulation 97). Group compliance therefore needs two things: each service running its own obligations, and the provider seeing every service’s position at once. This page sets out the per-service list and a monthly oversight routine.
For owners and approved providers running 2 or more services: what attaches to each service, what sits with the provider, and how to see every centre’s compliance position each month.
| Obligation | Rule |
|---|---|
| At least one nominated supervisor (one person can cover more than one service if they can discharge the duties for each) | National Law s 161; guide |
| A responsible person present whenever a centre-based service is educating and caring for children | s 162; guide |
| A Quality Improvement Plan, reviewed at least annually | r 55, r 56 |
| Policies and procedures, followed, accessible and available for inspection | r 168 to r 172 |
| A record of the service’s compliance history | r 167 |
| Emergency rehearsals every 3 months, documented; risk assessment reviewed at least every 12 months | r 97 |
| Ratios and qualifications met at that service | s 169; r 123 |
Ask every service’s nominated supervisor for the same short return each month, and review them side by side:
Our compliance checklist by frequency sets out what falls due daily, quarterly and annually.
The Group plan (A$399 a month) is built for 2 to 10 services or a compliance officer covering several sites: 2,000 cited questions, 20 policy or document reviews and 15 premises photo reviews a month, and the compliance calendar with email reminders. Use the document reviews to check each service’s policies and QIP against the Regulations, and give directors one source of cited answers so a question at one centre gets the same answer as at the next. Start with the 14-day free trial, no card. WIDEN Law does not replace your management platform or make compliance decisions.
Yes. A provider approval lets the provider apply for service approvals, and each service approval covers one service.
Yes, if they can discharge the duties for each service. Every service must have at least one nominated supervisor (National Law s 161).
Most National Law offences apply to the approved provider, and many also bind the nominated supervisor. The highest maximum penalties are $34,200 for an individual and $172,200 for a body corporate.
WIDEN Law answers National Quality Framework questions with inline citations to the National Law, the Regulations and the NQS, so you can check the source provision yourself.
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