ECRU Update
Amendments to the WA Regulations are being prepared to correspond to the National Regulations amendments that came into effect on 1 October 2023.
This ECRU Update is in respect of changes to the National Quality Framework (NQF).
As noted on the ACECQA website, in 2022 Education Ministers agreed to outcomes from the 2019 NQF Review, including various amendments to the NQF legislation.
These legislative amendments are first implemented to the National Law and National Regulations, with Western Australia (WA) then making corresponding amendments to its WA Law and Regulations.
Further amendments to the National Law and National Regulations were implemented with effect from 1 October 2023 and apply in all jurisdictions except WA at this time. These include requirements relating to:
- services operating in multi-storey buildings
- policies, procedures and risk assessments for sleep and rest and for the safe arrival of children as a result of transportation
- the currency of first aid, anaphylaxis management and emergency asthma management training
- knowledge and qualification of volunteers and students under child protection laws
- various notification, record-keeping and information confidentiality obligations
- prohibiting the use of bassinets.
ECRU will provide the sector with an update once a date for implementation of these requirements in WA has been confirmed.
General guidance regarding all of the 2019 NQF changes that are commenced nationally (other than in WA) on 1 October 2023, including a range of information sheets, can be accessed on the ACECQA website at:
A further update on the implementation of the remaining 2019 NQF Review changes in WA will be provided when these changes are closer to being made.