Section 447 — Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989: Regulations
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447 Regulations The Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council, make regulations for all or any of the following purposes: (aa) Declaring a law of a participating State to be a child welfare law for the purposes of Part 3A : (ab) Declaring a law to be an interstate law in relation to a participating State for the purposes of Part 3A : (ac) Declaring the holder of an office or position to be the interstate officer in relation to a participating State for the purposes of Part 3A : (a) Providing for the management and inspection of residences established pursuant to section 364 of this Act: (b) Defining the rights of children and young persons placed in any residence established pursuant to section 364 of this Act: (c) Limiting the powers of the staff of any residence established pursuant to section 364 of this Act to punish or discipline the children or young persons placed in the residence: (ca) regulating searches conducted under sections 384C and 384E and the inspection of incoming and outgoing mail under section 384B including, without limitation,— (i) prescribing the manner in which the searches and inspections may be carried out: (ii) prescribing the powers that may be exercised when conducting a search or inspection: (iii) providing for the seizure, disposal, safe keeping, or return of any article, drug, or substance found during a search or inspection: (iv) prescribing conditions on the disposal of any seized article, drug, or substance: (v) prescribing procedures by which a child or young person may lay a complaint in relation to an inspection of mail or a search, and how the complaint is to be dealt with: (d) Providing for the administration, management, and control of any centre that is established to provide for the part-time care, training, or occupation of children or young persons: (e) Prescribing the amounts payable to— (i) Any barrister or solicitor appointed under section 159 or section 160 of this Act: (ii) Any lay advocate appointed under section 163 or section 326 of this Act: (iii) Any Youth Advocate appointed under section 323 of this Act: (f) Prescribing forms of applications, licences, notices, or other documents for the purposes of this Act, or authorising the chief executive to prescribe or approve forms, and requiring the use of such forms: (g) Conferring rights of review of any decision or determination made or any requirements or conditions imposed under regulations made pursuant to this section: (h) Providing for such matters as are contemplated by or necessary for giving full effect to this Act and for its due administration. Compare: 1974 No 72 s 105; 1983 No 129 s 15 Paragraphs (aa) to (ac) were inserted, as from 1 November 1999, by section 5 Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Trans-Tasman Transfer of Protection Orders and Proceedings) Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 116). Paragraph (ca) was inserted, as from 25 June 2001, by section 5 Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 3). See section 6(2) of that Act as to regulations made under the principal Act prior to 25 June 2001 not being invalid. Paragraph (e)(ii) was amended, as from 1 November 1989, by section 5 Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Amendment Act 1989 (1989 No 70) by inserting “ or section 326 ” . Paragraph (f) was amended, as from 1 October 1999, by section 13 Department of Child, Youth and Family Services Act 1999 (1999 No 82) by substituting “ chief executive ” for “ Director-General ” .
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