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SECTION | EFFECTIVE DATE | ||
Title | March 29, 2001 | ||
1 | March 29, 2001 | ||
2 and 3 | March 29, 2001 | ||
4 | March 29, 2001 | ||
9 | March 29, 2001 | ||
13 | March 29, 2001 |
Act title BEFORE changes were made by 2001-4-19 effective March 29, 2001 (Royal Assent).
Section 1 definition of "child care grant" before repealed by 2001-4-20 effective March 29, 2001 (Royal Assent).
"child care grant" means a payment made to
(a) facilitate the operation of a child care setting,
(b) improve the quality of child care,
(c) improve access to affordable child care, or
(d) develop or operate a program that in any other way promotes the purpose of this Act;
Sections 2 and 3 BEFORE repealed by 2001-4-21 effective March 29, 2001 (Royal Assent).
2 The purpose of this Act is to implement a child care system that will
(a) promote the health, safety and well-being of children receiving child care,
(b) promote quality child care,
(c) improve access to child care, including child care for children with special needs, and
(d) provide financial help to families with limited incomes who need child care.
3 (1) The Provincial Child Care Council may make recommendations to the minister about child care.
(2) The council consists of at least 14 and not more than 21 members, each of whom is appointed by the minister and one or more of whom is designated by the minister to chair council meetings.
(3) The minister may set the term of office of any member of the council.
(4) The minister may
(a) reimburse the members for reasonable travelling and out-of-pocket expenses necessarily incurred by them in attending council meetings, and
(b) pay the members, for each day spent on the council's business, a fee set by the minister in accordance with the general directives of Treasury Board.
Section 4 BEFORE re-enacted by 2001-4-21 effective March 29, 2001 (Royal Assent).
4 The minister may,
(a) subject to the regulations, pay child care subsidies, and
(b) in the minister's sole discretion, pay child care grants.
Section 9(2) BEFORE amended by 2001-4-22 effective March 29, 2001 (Royal Assent).
(2) With the prior approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, the minister may enter into any of the following:
(a) an agreement with the government of Canada, or an agency of that government, about financial arrangements or other matters relating to child care;
(b) a reciprocal agreement with the government of another province of Canada, or an agency of that government, respecting child care programs;
Section 13(2)(p) BEFORE amended by 2001-4-23 effective March 29, 2001 (Royal Assent).
(p) prescribing the records to be kept and the reports to be made to the minister by child care providers subsidized under this Act;
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