Yes it is worded confusing throughout the whole Day Nursery Act ... this particular is speaking to when a 'license' is required it is meant to be a disclaimer that if someone has 6 bilogical, adopted or other wise 'permanent' custody of children of their OWN residing in a residence than they do not require a license to have that many children ... however anyone ELSE who wants to care for more than 5 children on their premises not of common parentage (aka you do not have custody of the children) would than require a license ... otherwise if you want to provide care to children other than your own in an unregulated setting than you may have no more than 5 DAYCARE CHILDREN plus your own.

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The Day Nurseries Act requires that any premise be licensed that receives more than five children under the age of 10 years, not of common parentage (children who have different parents), for temporary care and guidance.

An individual may provide informal child care to five children or less under the age of 10 years who are not of common parentage (children who have different parents), in addition to his/her own children, without a licence. Am I the only one that finds this confusing?
Also when defining 'common parentage' another tip for those 'blended families' out there when I was with an agency when I opened I had to count my stepson until he turned 10 years of age when he was here because he was not LEGALLY MINE custody wise ~ my spouse and his ex have shared custody but it does not include ME ~ and this is not considered his primary residence as he spends more time at his mothers .... so if you have blended families and step children double check with your insurance carrier if they count in your daycare or not