Licences

(1) Where an applicant fully complies with the registration requirements as provided in the Act and these Regulations, the Registrar shall register and licence the applicant, or the prospective operator where he is different from the applicant. Social Service Agencies 13 (2) A licence, issued by the Registrar under these Regulations shall – (a) subject to paragraph (b) below, be for a period of two calendar years; (b) where it is issued in respect of a day care facility already in existence and operating on or prior to the commencement of these Regulations, be for a period of three calendar years in the first instance; (c) specify– (i) the full name and other particulars of the (ii) the full names and other particulars of the providers and assistants; (iii) the physical and postal address of the day care facility; (iv) the capacity of the day care facility; (v) the name, where applicable, of the day care facility; (vi) the licence’s type, category, duration, date of commencement and date of expiry; and (vii) the full range of day care services offered and performed by the operator at the day care facility. (3) A licence issued by the Registrar under subregulation (2)(b) above shall be a temporary licence for a duration of three years issued immediately after the commencement of these Regulations 14 Social Service Agencies to an existing day care facility which does not meet the minimum standards and requirements of registration and licencing provided by these Regulations. Such licence shall be issued to enable the day care facility to meet the minimum standards and requirements of registration and licensing provided by these Regulations, and the Registrar may, if satisfied after issuing such a licence that the day care facility and services offered thereat now meet the minimum standards and requirements of registration and licensing provided by these Regulations, cancel the temporary licence either before or on the expiration of the three calendar years and issue to the operator upon written application a two-year renewable licence under subregulation (2)(a) above. (4) Every licence issued under these Regulations shall be displayed at the day care facility in some clear and conspicuous place where parents of the children at the day care facility and officials of the Ministry have access. (5) Every licence issued under these Regulations shall be non- transferrable and non-assignable to another operator or to another day care facility. (6) Every licence shall categorize each day care facility as follows– (a) Category 1 - where a separate building is provided by the operator for the provision of the day care services; (b) Category 2 - where a separate section within a building is provided by the operator for the provision of the day care services; or (c) Category 3 - where the day care services are provided by the operator within the regular family setting. Social Service Agencies 15