<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="abcb-glossentry" ?><abcb-glossentry xmlns:xt="urn:xpressauthor:trackchanges" id="_9ff8fad7-8992-4708-be17-784d962a0530" outputclass="abcb-glossentry"><glossterm id="_0eb2a51d-1d07-416a-890e-1c36a26bbf37">Early childhood centre</glossterm><glossdef outputclass="glossdef"><p>Any premises or part thereof providing or intending to provide a centre-based education and care service within the meaning of the Education and Care Services National Law Act 2010 (Vic), the Education and Care Services National Regulations and centre-based services that are licensed or approved under State and Territory children's services law, but excludes education and care primarily provided to school aged children in outside school hours settings.</p></glossdef><glossdef outputclass="glossdef-variation" variation="TAS" variation-type="REPLACE"><title id="_068f0f3a-f895-45f0-9003-6478f2cfb4f7">TAS REPLACE Definition</title><p>Any premises or part thereof providing or intending to provide a centre-based education and care service within the meaning of the Education and Care Services National Law Act 2010 (Vic), the Education and Care Services National Regulations and centre-based services that are licensed or approved under State and Territory children’s services law, but excludes—</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_9a6b7ce7-ba1f-4a9d-bc83-8a4620c6bcef">education and care primarily provided to school aged children in outside school hours settings; and</li><li id="_4bbb68af-f217-4a0c-ac44-793b1e4ded2b">services licensed as <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/2476_0.6.0.xml#_db156553-d9c4-42cf-a5d7-8b78162cf4a9" id="_cf9ea2c3-6dbd-4d08-af2c-0c982a7cba90" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="abcb-glossentry">centre-based care class 4</xref> under the Child Care Act 2001.</li></ol></glossdef><glossdef outputclass="glossdef-variation" variation="VIC" variation-type="REPLACE"><title id="_162c8ea1-92ee-48dc-8b3b-27671436825c">VIC REPLACE Definition</title><p>Includes—</p><ol outputclass="alpha"><li id="_d2064b9a-6a42-4420-9c32-03eed565569c">any premises, or part thereof, providing or intending to provide a centre-based education and care service within the meaning of the Education and Care Services National Law Act 2010, and the Education and Care Services National Regulations, excluding a service where education and care is primarily provided to school aged children; and</li><li id="_33fe9009-f991-4b30-9fe7-f0cf20ae9790">a <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/2485_0.5.0.xml#_0bd1f6bc-05bc-4e67-a7a6-54f49d4ecc6a" id="_15cebfbd-e214-4816-bc5d-4d11b39cdbfe" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="abcb-glossentry">children’s service</xref>.</li></ol></glossdef></abcb-glossentry>