ECM-PR-016: Leasing Facilities for Early Years Services

• Building Act 1975 (Qld) http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGISLTN/CURRENT/B/BuildA75.pdf
• Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cwth) http://www.comlaw.gov.au/comlaw/management.nsf/lookupindexpagesbyid/IP200401339?OpenDocument
• Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 (Qld) http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGISLTN/CURRENT/E/EducGenPrA06.pdf
• Education (General Provisions) Regulation 2006 http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGISLTN/CURRENT/E/EducGenPrR06.pdf
• Community Services Act 2007 (Qld) http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGISLTN/CURRENT/C/CommunServA07.pdf
• Financial and Performance Management Standard 2009 (Qld) http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGISLTN/CURRENT/F/FinAccPManSt09.pdf
• Child Care Act 2002 (Qld) http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGISLTN/CURRENT/C/ChildCareA02.pdf

• Towards Q2 Strategy http://www.thepremier.qld.gov.au/tomorrow/education/early_childhood.aspx
• Department of Treasury National Competition Policy http://www.treasury.qld.gov.au/office/services/regulatory-reform/competition-policy.shtml
• Department of Environment and Resource Management Secondary Use Policy http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/about/policy/documents/543/glp_2002_002.pdf
• Australian Building Codes Board Building Code of Australia http://www.abcb.gov.au
• Department of Public Works Maintenance Management Framework http://www.works.qld.gov.au/downloads/bpu/mmf_policy.pdf

• ECM-PR-001: Enforcement and Compliance under the Child Care Act 2002 (Qld) /strategic/eppr/early-childhood/ecmpr001/

Statement of intent

The Department of Education and Training (DET) aims to provide universal access to early childhood education and care for children in the years prior to Prep as part of government's Toward Q2 Strategy. A strategy for achieving this aim is to support community organisations providing Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) services through the provision of leases to operate in DET owned buildings.

This procedure provides a framework for the development and management of leases.

The objectives of this procedure are to:

• standardise leases for each program
• encourage good governance of leased assets
• support universal access to Early Years Services and government priorities.

Responsibilities

Real Estate Unit facilitates and manages DET leases, including:

Asset Maintenance Unit manages the ECEC Asset Maintenance Program to ensure DET facilities for Early Years Services are maintained to an appropriate standard in accordance with the Department of Public Works Maintenance Management Framework .

Infrastructure Program Management Branch manages the ECEC Minor Works Program.

Legal and Administrative Law Branch provides legal advice in relation to leases.

Office for Early Childhood Education and Care:

• provides advice with respect to the Early Years Services covered by this procedure
• assists Real Estate Unit with advice to determine the appropriate rental charges applicable to each lease.

Lessee:

• access Early Years Services - Lease Development Guidelines and familiarise themselves with the content ensuring all conditions of the proposed lease are fully understood
• negotiate and sign the lease template ensuring compliance to this procedure and Early Years Services - Lease Development Guidelines
• conduct themselves in accordance with the terms and conditions of the signed lease.

Forms

• Not Applicable

• Early Years Services - Lease Development Guidelines 437k

Other relevant documents

• Definitions/strategic/eppr/early-childhood/ecmpr016/definitions.html

Contacts

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