CHILDREN (PROTECTION AND PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY) ACT 1997 - As at 13 October 2022 - Act 78 of 1997

Table of Provisions

• Long Title

PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

• 1 Name of Act
• 2 Commencement
• 3 Definitions
• 4 Operation of Act
• 5 Notes

PART 2 - PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY

• 6 Guiding principles for courts
• 7 Attendance of parents at proceedings
• 8 Undertakings by children
• 9 Undertakings by parents
• 10 Family counselling
• 11 Parents contributing to children's offences
• 12 Ancillary provisions

PART 3 - WELFARE OF CHILDREN IN PUBLIC PLACES

Division 1 - Declaration of operational area

• 13 Object of Division
• 14 Operational area
• 15 Duration of declaration
• 16 Amendment or revocation of declaration
• 17 Publication

Division 2 - Removal of children from public places

• 18 Children to whom Division applies
• 19 When action may be taken under this Division
• 20 Relationship to Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998
• 21 Guiding principles when taking action under this Division
• 22 Action that may be taken
• 23 Limitations on action that may be taken
• 24 Approved person
• 25 Notification requirements
• 26 Exercise of functions under Division by police officer
• 27 Police officer may request person to state name, age and address
• 28 Use of force
• 29 Removal of concealed weapons

PART 4 - LOCAL CRIME PREVENTION

Division 1 - Preliminary

• 30 Objects of Part

Division 2 - Preparation of plans

• 31 Preparation of draft local crime prevention plans
• 32 Guidelines
• 33 Content of draft local crime prevention plan
• 34 Public notice of draft local crime prevention plans
• 35 Adoption of local crime prevention plan
• 36 Duration of local crime prevention plan
• 37 Amendment or revocation of local crime prevention plan
• 38 Public availability of local crime prevention plans

Division 3 - Safer community compacts

• 39 Approval of local crime prevention plan
• 40 Effect of approval
• 41 Council to report periodically on implementation of compact
• 42 Duration and revocation of approval

PART 5 - MISCELLANEOUS

• 43 Delegation
• 44 Monitoring of complaints from community
• 45 Proceedings for offences
• 46 Regulations
• 47 Repeals
• 48 Amendment
• 49 Savings, transitional and other provisions
• 50 Review of Act
• SCHEDULE 1
• SCHEDULE 2