Children (Protection and Parental Responsibility) Act 1997 No 78
Current version for 10 September 2012 to date (accessed 25 May 2013 at 10:02)
Part 5

Part 5 Miscellaneous

43   Delegation

The Attorney General may delegate any of his or her functions under this Act (other than this power of delegation) or the regulations to any officer of the Department.

44   Monitoring of complaints from community

The council of an area or portion of an area that is declared to be an operational area or for which a safer community compact is in force is, if requested to do so by the Attorney General, to monitor, identify and advise the Attorney General on trends in complaints relating to action taken in the operational area under this Act or under the compact.

45   Proceedings for offences

Proceedings for an offence under this Act or the regulations may be dealt with summarily before the Local Court.

46   Regulations

(1)  The Governor may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, for or with respect to any matter that by this Act is required or permitted to be prescribed or that is necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.
(2)  In particular, the regulations may make provision for or with respect to the following:
(a)  compelling the attendance of parents and children required under this Act to attend a place,
(b)  the care of persons removed from a public place and escorted to another place under Part 3,
(c)  reports to be provided and records to be kept under this Act.
(3)  A regulation may create an offence punishable by a penalty not exceeding 10 penalty units.

47   Repeals

The Children (Parental Responsibility) Act 1994 and the Children (Parental Responsibility) Regulation 1995 are repealed.

48   Amendment

Schedule 1 has effect.

49   Savings, transitional and other provisions

Schedule 2 has effect.

50   Review of Act

(1)  The Attorney General is to review this Act to determine whether the policy objectives of the Act remain valid and whether the terms of the Act remain appropriate for securing those objectives.
(2)  The review is to be undertaken as soon as possible after the period of 3 years from the date of assent to this Act.
(3)  A report on the outcome of the review is to be tabled in each House of Parliament within 12 months after the end of the period of 3 years.
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