1Short titleThis regulation may be cited as the Education and Care Services (Removal of Rest Periods) Amendment Regulation 2025.2CommencementThis regulation commences on 1 January 2026.3Regulation amendedThis regulation amends the Education and Care Services Regulation 2013.4Amendment of s 41 (Prescribed circumstances for certain unqualified persons—Act s 117(1))(1)Section 41(3), ‘for a period other than a rest period’—omit.(2)Section 41(4)—omit.5Omission of ss 46–48Sections 46 to 48—omit.6Amendment of s 51 (Rest pauses)(1)Section 51(2)(c)—omit.(2)Section 51(2)(d) and (e)—renumber as section 51(2)(c) and (d).7Amendment of s 53 (Educator to child ratios generally—Act, s 244(2)(f))Section 53, heading, ‘generally’—omit.8Omission of sch 2 (Educator to child ratios—rest periods)Schedule 2—omit.9Amendment of sch 3 (Educator to child ratios—general)Schedule 3, heading, ‘—general’—omit.