Malaysia legislation
Section 23
Section 23
Regulations
(2)
In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such regulations may provide for all or any of the following matters:
(a)
the operation, management and supervision of child care centres;
(b)
the duties and responsibilities of persons registered in respect of child care centres;
(c)
the qualifications, experience, appointment, duties, responsibilities and discipline of persons for the purposes of the operation, management and supervision of child care centres;
(d)
the health and nutrition care of the children cared for in child care centres;
(e)
the registration of child minders employed in
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child care centres;
(f)
the keeping and maintenance of such registers pertaining to children, in such form as the Minister deems fit;
(g)
the prescribing of the minimum requirements for child care centres to be used for the reception of children and to provide for the minimum sanitary requirements, water supplies and other matters pertaining to health in respect of such buildings;
(h)
the prescribing of the minimum equipment;
(i)
the prescribing of forms to be used and the information to be furnished for any of the purposes of this Act;
(j)
the granting of certificates and the issue of copies of the certificates in the case of the certificates being lost or destroyed;
(k)
the fees to be paid under this Act;
(l)
the prescription of anything which is required to be or which may be prescribed under the Act.
Provision to allow reception of children above the age of four years