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National Regulations are made

The Ministerial Council for Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs has officially made the Education and Care Services National Regulations (National Regulations), ensuring new legislation for the early childhood sector will begin on 1 January 2012.

Only minor tweaks were made to the approved version released on 14 October 2012 to transitional arrangements by most states, with two extra transitional provisions added for Queensland, including:

Individuals will be recognised as early childhood teachers if they are registered teachers prior to 2012 and they hold, are enrolled in or are actively working towards an approved early childhood diploma qualification by 2014
The Australian Children s Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) will publish a Queensland-specific qualification list(s) recognising individuals holding an international qualification previously determined as equivalent to Certificate III, Diploma, and Family Day Care Coordinator qualifications.

Both of these provisions are designed to ensure that current Queensland qualifications will be recognised in a transitional way from 2012, should ACECQA s new approved qualifications list not directly align with current Queensland practice.

The National Regulations will now be tabled in the Queensland Parliament prior to 2012.

The National Regulations can be found on the ACECQA website. We ask everyone to become familiar with the changes above as we look forward to transitioning to the National Quality Framework from 1 January 2012.

For any questions or for more information, visit the ACECQA website or contact your regional office.

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