Western Australian Consolidated Acts

COMMISSIONER FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2006 - NOTES

Notes

¹ This is a compilation of the Commissioner for Children and Young People Act 2006 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table ^1a.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Commissioner for Children and Young People Act 2006	48 of 2006	4 Oct 2006	s. 1 and 2: 4 Oct 2006; Act other than s. 1 and 2 and Sch. 1 cl. 2 and 3: 10 Dec 2007 (see s. 2 and Gazette 23 Nov 2007 p. 5861)
Financial Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2006 s. 17	77 of 2006	21 Dec 2006	1 Feb 2007 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 19 Jan 2007 p. 137)
Acts Amendment (Bankruptcy) Act 2009 s. 17	18 of 2009	16 Sep 2009	17 Sep 2009 (see s. 2(b))

^1a On the date as at which this compilation was prepared, provisions referred to in the following table had not come into operation and were therefore not included in this compilation. For the text of the provisions see the endnotes referred to in the table.

Provisions that have not come into operation

Short title	Number and Year	Assent	Commencement
Commissioner for Children and Young People Act 2006 Sch. 1 cl. 2 and 3 2	48 of 2006	4 Oct 2006	To be proclaimed (see s. 2)

² On the date as at which this compilation was prepared, the Commissioner for Children and Young People Act 2006 s. 65, which gives effect to Sch. 1 cl. 2 and 3, had not come into operation. It reads as follows:

“

65. Consequential amendments

The Acts mentioned in Schedule 1 are amended as set out in that Schedule.

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Schedule 1 cl. 2 and 3 read as follows:

“

Schedule 1 — Consequential amendments

[s. 65]

2. Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985 amended

(1) The amendments in this clause are to the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985.

(2) Section 3(2) is amended as follows:

(a) by deleting “and” after paragraph (f);

(b) by deleting the comma after paragraph (g) and inserting instead —

“

; and

(h) the Commissioner for Children and Young People,

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3. Working with Children (Criminal Record Checking) Act 2004 amended

(1) The amendments in this clause are to the Working with Children (Criminal Record Checking) Act 2004.

(2) Section 4 is amended as follows:

(a) by deleting the definition of “CEO”;

(b) by deleting the definition of “Commissioner” and inserting instead —

“

Commissioner means the person holding or acting in the office of Commissioner for Children and Young People under the Commissioner for Children and Young People Act 2006;

”;

(c) by inserting in the appropriate alphabetical position —

“

Commissioner for Police means the person holding or acting in the office of Commissioner for Police under the Police Act 1892;

”.

(3) The heading to Part 2 Division 3 is amended by deleting “CEO” and inserting instead —

“ Commissioner ”.

(4) Section 17(1) is amended by inserting after “Commissioner” in both places where it occurs —

“ of Police ”.

(5) Section 17(2) is amended by inserting after “Commissioner” —

“ of Police ”.

(6) Section 34(1) is amended in paragraph (b) of the definition of “authorised person” by inserting after “Commissioner” —

“ of Police ”.

(7) Section 34(3) is amended by inserting after “Commissioner” in both places where it occurs —

“ of Police ”.

(8) The provisions mentioned in the Table to this subclause are amended by deleting “CEO” in each place where it occurs and inserting instead —

“ Commissioner ”.

Table

s. 3	s. 26(1) and (2)
s. 4 (definitions of “approved”, “assessment notice”, “criminal record check”, “interim negative notice”, “negative notice”)	s. 28(1) and (2)
s. 6(1)(b)	s. 29(2)
s. 9(1) and (4)	s. 30
s. 10(1) and (4)	s. 32(1)
s. 11(2) and (3)	s. 34(2), (3), (4) and (5)
s. 12(1) to (10)	s. 35(b)
s. 13(1) to (7)	s. 36
s. 16(1), (2) and (3)	s. 37(1), (2) and (3)
s. 17(1) and (3)	s. 38(2), (3) and (4)
s. 18(1) and (2)	s. 42(2)
s. 19(1), (9) and (10)	s. 44(3), (4) and (5)
s. 20(2), (3), (5) and (6)	s. 45(1), (3), (4) and (6)

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