S-4.1.1 - Educational Childcare Act

Section 103.5 Disposition versions

2022-09-01

103.5. The Minister establishes a regional advisory committee for every territory the Minister determines.

The function of each committee is to advise the Minister on the educational childcare service needs and priorities for developing such services in its territory, in accordance with section 11.2.

In addition, a committee must conduct any analysis the Minister requests it to conduct and give its opinion on any matter submitted to it by the Minister, including any matter concerning the development of educational childcare services, the steps leading to the issue of a day care centre permit and the process for assigning, recovering and allocating subsidized childcare spaces.

2017, c. 31, s. 19; 2022, c. 9, s. 51.

2017-12-31

103.5. The Minister establishes an advisory committee for every territory the Minister determines.

The functions of each committee are

(1)  to advise the Minister on assessing all day care centre project permit applications based on the criteria of feasibility, relevance and quality in accordance with section 11.1;

(2)  to advise the Minister on all applications by day care centre permit holders to increase the maximum number of children stated on their permit or to permanently relocate their facility to offer services in another territory in accordance with the third paragraph of section 21.1;

(3)  to advise the Minister on needs and priorities with respect to the allocation of new subsidized childcare spaces and to analyze all projects submitted and make recommendations to the Minister on the allocation of new spaces under section 93; and

(4)  to advise the Minister when the Minister re-allocates spaces under section 94.

The Minister makes public the recommendations under subparagraphs 1 and 2 of the second paragraph made by the advisory committee concerned.

2017, c. 31, s. 19.