Enforcement action taken by the Regulatory Authority
The Victorian Early Childhood Regulatory Authority (VECRA) publishes details of all statutory sanctions in the public interest.
On this page
- Enforcement action information that may be published
- Information that cannot be published
- Enforcement and Compliance Action - National Quality Framework
- Children’s Services Act 1996
Soon, VECRA will publish compliance and enforcement action more regularly on this page.
This will ensure that VECRA meets Recommendation 17.4 of the Rapid Child Safety Review. The Review gave the Regulatory Authority 12 months to meet this recommendation.
Enforcement action focusses on deterring non-compliance to help keep early childhood education and care services safe and improve quality across the sector.
Over the next 12 months, new National and Victorian legislative changes will take effect. VECRA will publish more information about breaches and penalties to increase transparency and build trust.
Enforcement action information that may be published
We publish information on enforcement action taken under the following legislation:
- Education and Care Services National Law Act 2010 (National Law)
- Education and Care Services National Regulations (National Regulations)
- Children’s Services Act 1996 (CS Act)
- Children’s Services Regulations 2020 (CS Regulations)
- the Child Safe Standards (CSS) part of the Child Wellbeing and Safety Act 2005 (CSWA).
The National Law and National Regulations allow the following enforcement actions to be published:
- compliance notices
- prosecutions
- enforceable undertakings
- suspension or cancellation of a provider approval or service approval
- amendment made to a service or provider approval
- emergency action notice.
The following information may be published about the enforcement action:
- the service name and address (if applicable)
- the approved provider name/number
- the nature of the enforcement action
- reason for taking enforcement action
- the date of the enforcement action
- details of enforcement action.
Information that cannot be published
- Information that could identify an individual other than the approved provider or nominated supervisor
- Details of a person who is being prosecuted of an offence against the Law
Enforcement and Compliance Action - National Quality Framework
2025
- 2025 Enforcement Actions - National Law (DOCX, 78KB)
- 2025 Enforcement Actions - National Law (PDF, 313KB)
2024
- 2024 Enforcement Actions - National Law (DOCX, 113KB)
- 2024 Enforcement Actions - National Law (PDF, 344KB)
2023
- 2023 Enforcement Actions - National Law (DOCX, 111KB)
- 2023 Enforcement Actions - National Law (PDF, 239KB)
2022
2021
2020
Children’s Services Act 1996
To read the about enforcement and compliance action taken under the Children’s Services Act 1996 since 25 May 2009:
- Enforcement Actions - Children’s Services Act 1996 (DOCX, 96KB)
- Enforcement Actions - Children’s Services Act 1996 (PDF, 178KB)
Updated 27 March 2026
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