CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 2004

Western Australian Consolidated Acts

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CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 2004

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

PART 1 -- Preliminary

1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Terms used in this Act
4. Presumptions of parentage
5. Status of notes

PART 2 -- Objects and principles

Division 1 -- Objects

6. Objects

Division 2 -- General principles relating to children

7. Principle that best interests of child paramount
8. Determining the best interests of a child
9. Guiding principles
10. Principle of child participation

Division 3 -- Principles relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children

11. Relationship with principles in Division 2
12. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child placement principle
13. Principle of self-determination
14. Principle of community participation

PART 3 -- Administrative matters

Division 1 -- The Minister

15. Agreements in respect of social services
16. Delegation by Minister

Division 2 -- The Community Development Ministerial Body

17. Meaning of “Ministerial Body”
18. The Community Development Ministerial Body
19. Purpose and nature of the Ministerial Body
20. Execution of documents by the Ministerial Body

Division 3 -- The CEO

21. Functions of CEO
22. Cooperation and assistance
23. Exchange of information
24. Delegation by CEO

Division 4 -- Authorised officers

25. Appointment of authorised officers
26. Identity cards

Division 5 -- Advisory bodies

27. Establishment of advisory bodies

PART 4 -- Protection and care of children

Division 1 -- Introductory matters

28. When child is in need of protection
29. Provisional protection and care: meaning and effect
30. Child in the CEO’s care

Division 2 -- Powers available to safeguard or promote child’s wellbeing

Subdivision 1 -- General powers of CEO

31. CEO may cause inquiries to be made about child
32. Further action by CEO

Subdivision 2 -- Powers relating to investigation

33. Access to child for purposes of investigation
34. Warrant (access)

Subdivision 3 -- Provisional protection and care

35. Warrant (provisional protection and care)
36. Action after child taken into provisional protection and care under warrant
37. Provisional protection and care without warrant if child at immediate and substantial risk
38. Action after child taken into provisional protection and care without warrant
39. Provisional care plan

Subdivision 4 -- Other powers

40. Power to keep child under 6 years of age in hospital
41. Power to move child to safe place

Division 3 -- Protection orders

Subdivision 1 -- Introductory matters

42. Terms used in this Division
43. Protection order

Subdivision 2 -- Applications for, and making of, protection orders

44. Application for protection order
45. Court may make protection order
46. No order principle

Subdivision 3 -- Protection orders (supervision)

47. Protection order (supervision)
48. Duration of protection order (supervision)
49. Extension of protection order (supervision)
50. Conditions of protection order (supervision)
51. Variation of conditions of protection order (supervision)
52. Authorised officer entitled to have access to child
53. Provision of social services

Subdivision 4 -- Protection orders (time-limited)

54. Protection order (time-limited)
55. Duration of protection order (time-limited)
56. Extension of protection order (time-limited)

Subdivision 5 -- Protection orders (until 18)

57. Protection order (until 18)
58. Restriction on making protection order (until 18)
59. Duration of protection order (until 18)

Subdivision 6 -- Protection orders (enduring parental responsibility)

60. Protection order (enduring parental responsibility)
61. Restriction on making protection order (enduring parental responsibility)
62. Duration of protection order (enduring parental responsibility)
63. Conditions of protection order (enduring parental responsibility)
64. Variation of conditions of protection order (enduring parental responsibility)
65. Court may order payments to enduring parental carer
66. Provision of social services

Subdivision 7 -- Revocation and replacement of protection orders

67. Revocation of protection order
68. Replacement of protection order

Subdivision 8 -- General

69. Applications for extension, variation, revocation or replacement of protection orders
70. Form of protection order
71. Child’s date of birth
72. Parties to proceedings to be given copy of protection order
73. Maintenance of children under certain orders

Division 4 -- Negotiated placement

74. Meaning of “child”
75. Negotiated placement agreement
76. Duration of negotiated placement agreement
77. Termination of negotiated placement agreement

Division 5 -- Children in the CEO’s care

Subdivision 1 -- Charter of Rights

78. CEO to prepare Charter of Rights

Subdivision 2 -- Placement arrangements

79. Power of CEO to arrange placement of child
80. Guidelines for placement of certain children
81. Matters relevant to placement of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander children
82. Payment for care under placement arrangement
83. Inspection of place where child living
84. Authorised officer may request carer to hand over child
85. Warrant (apprehension) where child not handed over
86. Warrant (apprehension) where child absent or taken without authority
87. Apprehension without warrant in certain circumstances

Subdivision 3 -- Care plans

88. Meaning of “parent”
89. Care plan
90. Review of care plan

Subdivision 4 -- Review of case planning decisions

91. Terms used in this Subdivision
92. Case review panel
93. Initial review
94. Review of CEO’s decision
95. Procedure

Division 6 -- Provisions about leaving the CEO’s care

96. People who qualify for assistance
97. Entitlement to personal material
98. Social services
99. Information and advisory services
100. Financial assistance

Division 7 -- Offences

Subdivision 1 -- Children generally

101. Failing to protect child from harm
102. Leaving child unsupervised in vehicle
103. Tattooing or branding
104. Providing long-term care for young children

Subdivision 2 -- Children under placement arrangements

105. Terms used in this Subdivision
106. Removing child from State
107. Removing child from place of residence
108. Harbouring child
109. Preventing child’s return
110. CEO may prohibit communication with child
111. Evidentiary provision

Division 8 -- Powers of restraint, search and seizure

112. Terms used in this Division
113. Prerequisites for exercise of power
114. Child may be restrained
115. Child may be searched
116. Certain articles may be seized
117. How seized articles to be dealt with
118. Use of reasonable force
119. Prescribed procedures

Division 9 -- Warrants

120. Applying for warrant
121. Authority conferred by warrant (access)
122. Authority conferred by warrant (apprehension)
123. Authority conferred by warrant (provisional protection and care)
124. Execution of warrant

Division 9A -- Reporting sexual abuse of children

124A. Terms used in this Division
124B. Matters concerning sexual abuse of children to be reported by certain persons
124C. Reports: form and content
124D. Reports: who receives copies
124E. When a prosecution can be commenced
124F. Confidentiality of reporter’s identity
124G. Evidence and legal proceedings
124H. Orders, leave of courts etc.

Division 10 -- General

125. Access to child
126. Recovery of certain expenditure
127. Power of CEO to give consent
128. Records
129. Protection from liability for giving information
130. General powers of police officers not affected

PART 5 -- Protection proceedings

Division 1 -- Terms used in this Part

131. Terms used in this Part

Division 2 -- Adjournment and interim orders

132. Adjournment of proceedings
133. Interim orders
134. Variation or revocation of interim order
135. Authorised officer entitled to have access to the child

Division 3 -- Pre-hearing conferences

136. Court may order pre-hearing conference
137. Confidentiality of pre-hearing conference

Division 4 -- Reports about child

138. Meaning of “report”
139. Court may require report
140. Access to written report
141. Confidentiality of report
142. Protection from liability for preparing or giving report

Division 5 -- Proposals about arrangements for child

143. CEO to provide Court with proposal for child
144. Court to consider proposal

Division 6 -- Procedural matters

145. General conduct of protection proceedings
146. Court not bound by rules of evidence
147. Parties to the proceedings
148. Legal representation of child
149. Presence of child in court
150. Evidence of child
151. Standard of proof
152. Intervention by Attorney General
153. Court to facilitate party’s participation in proceedings
154. Court may dispense with requirement for service
155. Frivolous or vexatious proceedings

PART 6 -- Transfer of child protection orders and proceedings

Division 1 -- Introductory matters

156. Purpose of Part
157. Terms used in this Part

Division 2 -- Transfer of child protection orders

Subdivision 1 -- Administrative transfers

158. When CEO may transfer order
159. Persons whose consent is required
160. CEO to have regard to certain matters
161. Notification of decision to transfer
162. Limited period in which to apply for judicial review of decision
163. Review by State Administrative Tribunal

Subdivision 2 -- Judicial transfers

164. When Court may transfer order
165. Service of application
166. Court to have regard to certain matters
167. Type of order
168. Court must consider report from the CEO
169. Appeals

Division 3 -- Transfer of child protection proceedings

170. When Court may transfer child protection proceeding
171. Service of application
172. Court to have regard to certain matters
173. Interim order
174. Appeals

Division 4 -- Registration

175. Filing of interstate orders in the Court
176. Registration of interstate orders
177. Notification by registrar of Court
178. Effect of registration
179. Revocation of registration

Division 5 -- General

180. Legal representation of child
181. Effect of registration of transferred order
182. Transfer of Court file
183. Hearing and determination of transferred proceeding
184. Disclosure of information
185. Discretion of CEO to consent to transfer
186. Evidence of consent of relevant interstate officer
187. Offence to remove child

PART 7 -- Employment of children

188. Terms used in this Part
189. School Education Act 1999 not affected
190. Prohibition on employment of child under 15
191. Exceptions to section 190
192. Prohibition on employment of child to perform in indecent manner
193. Power of CEO to prohibit or limit employment of child
194. False information
195. Powers of authorised officers
196. Proceedings against employers may be taken by industrial inspectors

PART 9 -- Provision of financial or other assistance

233. Power to provide financial or other assistance
234. Power to assist with funeral expenses
235. Application for assistance
236. Recovery of overpayments in certain circumstances

PART 10 -- Confidentiality provisions

237. Restriction on publication of certain information or material
238. Production of departmental records
239. Objection to disclosure of certain information during proceedings
240. Confidentiality of notifier’s identity
241. Confidentiality of information

PART 11 -- Other matters

242A. CEO to notify Ombudsman of certain deaths of children
242. Obstruction
243. Impersonating an officer
244. False information
245. Legal proceedings
246. Protection from liability for wrongdoing
247. Effect of provision requiring document to be given to particular person or child
248. Regulations
249. Review of Act
250. Repeal, transitional and savings provisions
SCHEDULE 1 -- Transitional and savings provisions
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