COMMISSION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1998

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COMMISSION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1998 - NOTES

- As at 19 March 2012 - Act 146 of 1998

Reprint history:

Reprint No 1   16 December 2003
Reprint No 2   12 February 2008
Reprint No 3   17 August 2010

Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am	amended	LW	legislation website	Sch	Schedule
Cl	clause	No	number	Schs	Schedules
Cll	clauses	p	page	Sec	section
Div	Division	pp	pages	Secs	sections
Divs	Divisions	Reg	Regulation	Subdiv	Subdivision
GG	Government Gazette	Regs	Regulations	Subdivs	Subdivisions
Ins	inserted	Rep	repealed	Subst	substituted

Table of amending instruments

Commission for Children and Young People Act 1998 No 146. Assented to 8.12.1998. Date of commencement, Part 7 and Sch 2.2 excepted, 31.5.1999, sec 2 and GG No 61 of 21.5.1999, p 3471; date of commencement of Part 7 and Sch 2.2, 3.7.2000, sec 2 and GG No 71 of 16.6.2000, p 4964. This Act has been amended as follows:

2000	No 42	Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Act 2000. Assented to 27.6.2000. Date of commencement of Sch 1.2 [1], 15.9.2000, sec 2 and GG No 121 of 15.9.2000, p 10415; date of commencement of Sch 1.2 [2], 19.7.2002, sec 2 and GG No 121 of 19.7.2002, p 5537.
2001	No 121	Justices Legislation Repeal and Amendment Act 2001. Assented to 19.12.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 7.7.2003, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 27.6.2003, p 5978.
2002	No 98	Child Protection Legislation Amendment Act 2002. Assented to 29.11.2002. Date of commencement of Sch 3 (except Sch 3 [6] and [13] to the extent that it inserts cl 2 (2) of Sch 3), 10.2.2003, sec 2 and GG No 39 of 7.2.2003, p 758; Sch 3 [6] and [13] to the extent that it inserts cl 2 (2) of Sch 3 were not commenced and the Act was repealed by the Commission for Children and Young People Amendment Act 2007 No 88.
2003	No 26	Commission for Children and Young People Amendment (Child Death Review Team) Act 2003. Assented to 8.7.2003. Date of commencement, 22.8.2003, sec 2 and GG No 128 of 22.8.2003, p 8011.
	No 82	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2003. Assented to 27.11.2003. Date of commencement of Sch 1.8, assent, sec 2 (2); date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (1).
	No 90	Child Protection Legislation Amendment Act 2003. Assented to 10.12.2003. Date of commencement of Sch 2, Sch 2 [6] excepted, 23.4.2004, sec 2 and GG No 75 of 23.4.2004, p 2135; Sch 2 [6] was not commenced and the Act was repealed by the Commission for Children and Young People Amendment Act 2007 No 88.
2004	No 46	Child Protection (Offenders Prohibition Orders) Act 2004. Assented to 6.7.2004. Date of commencement, 1.7.2005, sec 2 and GG No 73 of 17.6.2005, p 2298.
2005	No 77	Defamation Act 2005. Assented to 26.10.2005. Date of commencement, 1.1.2006, sec 2.
	No 108	Commission for Children and Young People Amendment Act 2005. Assented to 7.12.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 1 [1]-[3] [9] [10] [12]-[14] [19]-[37] [39]-[43] [45]-[49] [51] [53] and [56], 2.1.2007, sec 2 and GG No 192 of 29.12.2006, p 11959; date of commencement of Sch 1 [4]-[6] [7] (the amendment was without effect as the section being amended was repealed by Sch 4.11 [2] to the Public Sector Employment Legislation Amendment Act 2006 No 2) [8] [11] [15]-[18] [38] [44] [50] [52] [54] and [55], 16.6.2006, sec 2 and GG No 77 of 16.6.2006, p 4354. Amended by Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2006 No 120. Assented to 4.12.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 1, assent, sec 2 (2).
2006	No 2	Public Sector Employment Legislation Amendment Act 2006. Assented to 13.3.2006. Date of commencement, 17.3.2006, sec 2 and GG No 35 of 17.3.2006, p 1378.
	No 73	Crimes Amendment (Apprehended Violence) Act 2006. Assented to 27.10.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 3.4, 12.3.2007, sec 2 and GG No 41 of 9.3.2007, p 1711. Amended by Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2006 No 120. Assented to 4.12.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 94	Police Amendment (Miscellaneous) Act 2006. Assented to 22.11.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 3.5, 1.2.2007, sec 2 and GG No 22 of 1.2.2007, p 575.
2007	No 4	Commission for Children and Young People Amendment (Parliamentary Joint Committee) Act 2007. Assented to 12.6.2007. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
	No 27	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007. Assented to 4.7.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 1.4, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 80	Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007. Assented to 7.12.2007. Date of commencement, 10.3.2008, sec 2 and GG No 30 of 7.3.2008, p 1429.
	No 88	Commission for Children and Young People Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
	No 94	Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009.
2008	No 105	Crimes Amendment (Sexual Offences) Act 2008. Assented to 8.12.2008. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.1.2009, sec 2 (1) and GG No 158 of 19.12.2008, p 12303.
	No 114	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2008. Assented to 10.12.2008. Date of commencement of Sch 1.5, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 119	Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Amendment Act 2008. Assented to 10.12.2008. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
2009	No 13	Children Legislation Amendment (Wood Inquiry Recommendations) Act 2009. Assented to 7.4.2009. Date of commencement of Sch 3.1 [1] [4]-[10] and [19], 31.3.2010, sec 2 and 2010 (8) LW 22.1.2010; date of commencement of Sch 3.1 [2] [3] and [11]-[17], 11.2.2011, sec 2 and 2011 (48) LW 11.2.2011; Sch 3.1 [18] was not commenced and was repealed by the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2010 No 119. Amended by Public Sector Restructure (Miscellaneous Acts Amendments) Act 2009 No 96 Assented to 30.11.2009. Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (1).
	No 41	Coroners Act 2009. Assented to 19.6.2009. Date of commencement of Sch 4, 1.1.2010, sec 2 (1) and 2009 (544) LW 19.6.2009.
	No 54	Government Information (Public Access) (Consequential Amendments and Repeal) Act 2009. Assented to 26.6.2009. Date of commencement, 1.7.2010, sec 2 and 2010 (248) LW 18.6.2010.
	No 82	Commission for Children and Young People Amendment Act 2009. Assented to 19.11.2009. Date of commencement, 18.12.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (575) LW 27.11.2009.
	No 106	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2009. Assented to 14.12.2009. Date of commencement of Sch 1.4, 8.1.2010, sec 2 (2).
2010	No 9	Crimes Amendment (Child Pornography and Abuse Material) Act 2010. Assented to 28.4.2010. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 17.9.2010, sec 2 (1) and 2010 (517) LW 10.9.2010.
	No 28	Coroners Amendment (Domestic Violence Death Review Team) Act 2010. Assented to 9.6.2010. Date of commencement, 16.7.2010, sec 2 and 2010 (371) LW 16.7.2010.
	No 59	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2010. Assented to 28.6.2010. Date of commencement of Sch 1.9, 9.7.2010, sec 2 (2).
	No 67	Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Amendment (Children’s Services) Act 2010. Assented to 15.9.2010. Date of commencement, 1.1.2011, sec 2 and 2010 (694) LW 16.12.2010.
	No 119	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2010. Assented to 29.11.2010. Date of commencement of Sch 1.3, 7.1.2011, sec 2 (2).
2011	No 53	Technical and Further Education Commission Amendment (Staff Employment) Act 2011. Assented to 25.10.2011. Date of commencement, 1.12.2011, sec 2 and 2011 (605) LW 1.12.2011.
	No 60	Children Legislation Amendment (Child Death Review Team) Act 2011. Assented to 16.11.2011. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
	No 62	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2011. Assented to 16.11.2011. Sch 2.8 was without effect as the provision being amended was amended by the Children (Education and Care Services) Supplementary Provisions Act 2011.
	No 70	Children (Education and Care Services) Supplementary Provisions Act 2011. Assented to 28.11.2011. Date of commencement, 1.1.2012, sec 2 and 2011 (689) LW 23.12.2011.
2012	No 7	Government Information (Public Access) Amendment Act 2012. Assented to 19.3.2012. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.

Table of amendments

Long title	Am 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 3	Am 2003 No 26, Sch 1 [1]; 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [3]; 2011 No 60, Sch 2.1 [1].
Sec 4	Am 2006 No 2, Sch 4.11 [1].
Sec 5	Am 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [4]-[6].
Sec 7	Rep 2006 No 2, Sch 4.11 [2].
Sec 11	Am 2003 No 26, Sch 1 [2] [3]; 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [8]-[11]; 2009 No 13, Sch 3.1 [1] [2].
Sec 14A	Ins 2000 No 42, Sch 1.2 [1]. Am 2002 No 98, Sch 3 [1] [2]. Subst 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [12].
Sec 15	Am 2003 No 26, Sch 1 [4]; 2009 No 13, Sch 3.1 [3]; 2009 No 82, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 15A	Ins 2003 No 82, Sch 1.8. Am 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [13] [14]; 2009 No 13, Sch 3.1 [3]; 2009 No 82, Sch 1 [2].
Sec 15B	Ins 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [15].
Sec 20	Am 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [16] [17].
Secs 20A, 20B	Ins 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [18].
Sec 22	Am 2009 No 54, Sch 2.10 [1]-[4].
Sec 26	Am 2007 No 88, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 28	Am 2003 No 26, Sch 1 [5]; 2011 No 60, Sch 2.1 [2].
Sec 29	Am 2007 No 4, Sch 1 [1].
Part 7, heading	Am 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [19].
Part 7, Div 1, heading	Ins 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [20].
Sec 31	Subst 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [21]. Am 2009 No 13, Sch 3.1 [4].
Sec 32	Subst 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [21].
Sec 33	Am 2000 No 42, Sch 1.2 [2]; 2002 No 98, Sch 3 [3]-[5] [7]; 2003 No 90, Sch 2 [1]-[5]; 2004 No 46, Sch 1.2 [1]; 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [22]-[29]; 2006 No 73, Sch 3.4 (am 2006 No 120, Sch 2.17 [2]); 2007 No 88, Sch 1 [2] [3]; 2007 No 80, Sch 2.5 [1] [2]; 2008 No 105, Sch 2.3; 2008 No 119, Sch 2.2; 2009 No 13, Sch 3.1 [5]-[8] (am 2009 No 96, Sch 3 [3]; 2009 No 82, Sch 1 [3]; 2009 No 106, Sch 1.4; 2010 No 9, Sch 3.2 [1]; 2011 No 53, Sch 2.2; 2011 No 70, Sch 2.7 [1]-[5].
Sec 33A	Ins 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [30]. Rep 2007 No 88, Sch 1 [4].
Part 7, Div 2	Ins 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [31].
Part 7, Div 2, Subdiv 1	Ins 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [31].
Sec 33B	Ins 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [31].
Sec 33C	Ins 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [31] (am 2006 No 120, Sch 1.4).
Secs 33D, 33E	Ins 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [31].
Part 7, Div 2, Subdiv 2	Ins 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [31].
Sec 33F	Ins 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [31].
Sec 33G	Ins 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [31]. Am 2010 No 9, Sch 3.2 [2].
Secs 33H-33O	Ins 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [31].
Part 7, Div 2, Subdiv 3	Ins 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [31].
Sec 33P	Ins 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [31]. Am 2007 No 88, Sch 1 [5].
Sec 33PA	Ins 2007 No 88, Sch 1 [6].
Secs 33Q-33S	Ins 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [31].
Part 7, Div 3, heading	Ins 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [31].
Sec 34	Am 2003 No 90, Sch 2 [5]; 2004 No 46, Sch 1.2 [2]; 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [32]-[34].
Sec 35	Am 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [35]-[37]; 2007 No 88, Sch 1 [7].
Sec 36	Am 2003 No 90, Sch 2 [5]; 2004 No 46, Sch 1.2 [3]; 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [38] [39].
Sec 37	Am 2002 No 98, Sch 3 [8]; 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [36] [40] [41]; 2009 No 13, Sch 3.1 [9] (am 2009 No 96, Sch 3 [3]).
Sec 37A	Ins 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [42].
Sec 38	Am 2002 No 98, Sch 3 [9]-[11]; 2004 No 46, Sch 1.2 [4]; 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [36] [43] [44]; 2009 No 82, Sch 1 [4] [5].
Sec 38A	Ins 2009 No 82, Sch 1 [6].
Sec 39	Am 2003 No 90, Sch 2 [7]; 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [36] [45]; 2007 No 88, Sch 1 [8]-[10].
Sec 40	Am 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [36] [46]; 2008 No 114, Sch 1.5 [1].
Sec 41	Subst 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [47]. Am 2008 No 114, Sch 1.5 [2].
Sec 42	Rep 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [47].
Sec 43	Am 2003 No 90, Sch 2 [5]; 2009 No 54, Sch 2.10 [5]-[8]; 2012 No 7, Sch 2.1.
Sec 43A	Ins 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [48].
Sec 44	Am 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [36] [49]; 2009 No 82, Sch 1 [7].
Sec 45	Rep 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [50]. Ins 2009 No 13, Sch 3.1 [10]. Am 2010 No 67, Sch 2.2 [1] [2]; 2011 No 70, Sch 2.7 [6]-[8].
Part 7A	Ins 2003 No 26, Sch 1 [6]. Rep 2011 No 60, Sch 2.1 [3].
Part 7A, Div 1 (sec 45A)	Ins 2003 No 26, Sch 1 [6]. Rep 2011 No 60, Sch 2.1 [3].
Part 7A, Div 2	Ins 2003 No 26, Sch 1 [6]. Rep 2011 No 60, Sch 2.1 [3].
Sec 45B	Ins 2003 No 26, Sch 1 [6]. Subst 2007 No 88, Sch 1 [11]; 2009 No 13, Sch 3.1 [11]. Rep 2011 No 60, Sch 2.1 [3].
Sec 45C	Ins 2003 No 26, Sch 1 [6]. Am 2006 No 94, Sch 3.5; 2009 No 13, Sch 3.1 [12] [13]; 2009 No 82, Sch 1 [8] [9]. Rep 2011 No 60, Sch 2.1 [3].
Sec 45D	Ins 2003 No 26, Sch 1 [6]. Rep 2011 No 60, Sch 2.1 [3].
Sec 45E	Ins 2003 No 26, Sch 1 [6]. Am 2009 No 13, Sch 3.1 [14]. Rep 2011 No 60, Sch 2.1 [3].
Sec 45F	Ins 2003 No 26, Sch 1 [6]. Am 2006 No 94, Sch 3.5; 2009 No 13, Sch 3.1 [15]. Rep 2011 No 60, Sch 2.1 [3].
Secs 45G, 45H	Ins 2003 No 26, Sch 1 [6]. Am 2009 No 13, Sch 3.1 [14]. Rep 2011 No 60, Sch 2.1 [3].
Secs 45I-45M	Ins 2003 No 26, Sch 1 [6]. Rep 2011 No 60, Sch 2.1 [3].
Part 7A, Div 3	Ins 2003 No 26, Sch 1 [6]. Rep 2011 No 60, Sch 2.1 [3].
Sec 45N	Ins 2003 No 26, Sch 1 [6]. Am 2007 No 88, Sch 1 [12]; 2009 No 13, Sch 3.1 [16]; 2010 No 28, Sch 2.1 [1]. Rep 2011 No 60, Sch 2.1 [3].
Sec 45O	Ins 2003 No 26, Sch 1 [6]. Am 2010 No 119, Sch 1.3. Rep 2011 No 60, Sch 2.1 [3].
Secs 45P-45R	Ins 2003 No 26, Sch 1 [6]. Rep 2011 No 60, Sch 2.1 [3].
Sec 45S	Ins 2003 No 26, Sch 1 [6]. Am 2009 No 13, Sch 3.1 [17]. Rep 2011 No 60, Sch 2.1 [3].
Part 7A, Div 4	Ins 2003 No 26, Sch 1 [6]. Rep 2011 No 60, Sch 2.1 [3].
Sec 45T	Ins 2003 No 26, Sch 1 [6]. Rep 2011 No 60, Sch 2.1 [3].
Sec 45U	Ins 2003 No 26, Sch 1 [6]. Am 2007 No 88, Sch 1 [13]; 2009 No 41, Sch 4; 2009 No 82, Sch 1 [10]; 2010 No 28, Sch 2.1 [2]. Rep 2011 No 60, Sch 2.1 [3].
Sec 45V	Ins 2003 No 26, Sch 1 [6]. Rep 2011 No 60, Sch 2.1 [3].
Part 7A, Div 5 (secs 45W, 45X)	Ins 2003 No 26, Sch 1 [6]. Rep 2011 No 60, Sch 2.1 [3].
Sec 48	Am 2003 No 26, Sch 1 [7] [8]; 2007 No 88, Sch 1 [14]; 2011 No 60, Sch 2.1 [4] [5].
Secs 48A, 48B	Ins 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [51].
Sec 49	Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.50; 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [52]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2.
Sec 51	Am 2003 No 26, Sch 1 [9]; 2011 No 60, Sch 2.1 [6].
Sec 52	Rep 2003 No 82, Sch 3. Ins 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [53].
Sec 52A	Ins 2002 No 98, Sch 3 [12].
Sec 53	Am 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [54]; 2010 No 59, Sch 1.9 [1] [2].
Sch 1	Am 2005 No 77, Sch 6.3; 2007 No 4, Sch 1 [2]; 2007 No 27, Sch 1.4 [1] [2].
Sch 2	Am 2003 No 26, Sch 1 [10]. Rep 2003 No 82, Sch 3.
Sch 3	Ins 2002 No 98, Sch 3 [13]. Am 2003 No 26, Sch 1 [11] [12]; 2003 No 90, Sch 2 [8] [9]; 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [55] [56]; 2007 No 88, Sch 1 [15] [16]; 2009 No 13, Sch 3.1 [19]; 2009 No 82, Sch 1 [11]; 2011 No 60, Sch 2.1 [7].
The whole Act (except Sch 3)	Am 2005 No 108, Sch 1 [2] (“employment screening” omitted wherever occurring, “background checking” inserted instead).

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