CHOBE DISTRICT COUNCIL (DAY CARE CENTRE) BYE-LAWS
(section 33)
(24th December, 2008)
ARRANGEMENT OF BYE-LAWS
BYE-LAW
1. Citation
2. Interpretation
3. Registration of day care centres
4. Registration licence to be displayed
5. Transfer of licence
6. Age of admission
7. Hours of operation
8. Premises of day care centres
9. Toilets
10. First aid requirements
11. Classroom equipment
12. Curriculum
13. Outdoor play areas
14. Kitchens
15. Staff
16. Pets
17. Smoking prohibited
18. Responsibilities of owner
19. Powers of entry
20. Penalties
Schedule
S.I. 110, 2008
These Bye-Laws may be cited as the Chobe District Council (Day Care Centre) Bye-Laws*.
*Originally made under the Township Act now repealed, these regulations have been continued under s 94(2) of the Local Government Act, 2013.
In these Bye-Laws, unless the context otherwise requires
"Council" means the Chobe District Council;
"day care centre" means an institution for the care, education and supervision of children below the age of 6; and
"infectious disease" includes diphtheria, cerebrospinal meningitis, whooping cough, measles, mumps, German measles (rubella), chicken pox, scabies, ringworm of scalp or body and typhoid fever.
3. Registration of day care centres
(1) No person shall operate a day care centre without a registration licence issued by the Council, authorising such person to operate a day care centre.
(2) An application to operate a day care centre shall be made to the Council on Form 1 as set out in the Schedule.
(3) The Council may require the applicant to provide any such information as is necessary to determine the application for the day care centre license.
(4) Upon receipt of the application, the Council shall cause to be conducted such inspection as it may consider appropriate to ensure that the premises of the day care centre comply with the relevant health and building control standards.
(5) Where the Council is satisfied that the proposed day care centre meets all the requirements of these Bye-Laws, it may on payment of a fee of P150, register the day care centre and issue the applicant a registration license as set out in Form 2 of the Schedule.
(6) A registration licence shall be valid for a period of 12 months from the date of issue.
(7) An application to renew a registration license shall be made on Form 3 as set out in the Schedule and the registration license may be renewed on payment of P150.
4. Registration licence to be displayed
A registration licence shall be displayed in a conspicuous place in the principal office in the premises of the day care centre.
No person, to whom a licence has been issued may cede, transfer or lease the licence to another person.
A child who is above six years old shall not be enrolled at a day care centre.
A day care centre shall operate between 0700 hours and 1700 hours on week days unless otherwise authorised by the Council.
8. Premises of day care centres
(1) Subject to sub-bye-law (2), an occupied residential house or a garage shall not be used as a day care centre.
(2) An occupied residential house may, with the written approval of the Council, be used as a day care centre where the part for the day care centre can be adequately and satisfactorily partitioned or separated from the part used for residential purposes.
(3) The size of the rooms to be used as classrooms shall be directly related to the number of children permitted to use them at one time, so that for each child there shall be equivalent of 1,5 square metres space to occupy.
(4) A day care centre shall have a room, equipped with a bed which has a mattress and clean linen, in which a sick child can rest and be isolated for the day.
(5) Premises used for a day care centre shall be adequately and securely fenced in, and shall be adequately set back from busy roads.
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