CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 28 Council members

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 28

    (1)     A Children and Youth Services Council must have at least 5, but not more than 10, members.

    (2)     The Minister must appoint the members.

Note 1     For the making of appointments (including acting appointments), see the Legislation Act

, pt 19.3.

Note 2     In particular, an appointment may be made by naming a person or nominating the occupant of a position (see Legislation Act

, s 207).

Note 3     Certain Ministerial appointments require consultation with an Assembly committee and are disallowable (see Legislation Act

, div 19.3.3).

Note     At least 2 official visitors (including a visitor who is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person) must be appointed for this Act under the Official Visitor Act 2012

(the OV Act ).

The OV Act

sets out the functions of official visitors which includes visiting visitable places, handling complaints from entitled people and reporting on those matters.

This part defines what is an entitled person and a visitable place for the OV Act

. This part also prescribes other matters for the OV Act

.