Section 23Part 10 — EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION
Corporal punishment and restraint in early childhood care and education centres
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Corporal punishment and acts which are cruel, inhumane or degrading to a child shall not be administered in any early childhood care and education centre.
Reasonable use of force is acceptable in an early childhood care and education centre for the purpose of preventing a child from doing, or continuing to cause danger, personal injury or death to, or damage to the property of, any person, including the relevant child, but use of force shall be necessary, reasonable and proportionate.