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CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 2004 - NOTES

Notes

1 This is a compilation of the Children and Community Services Act 2004 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table 1a. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title

Number and year

Assent

Commencement

Children and Community Services Act 2004

34 of 2004

20 Oct 2004

s. 1 and 2: 20 Oct 2004;
s. 3 and 102: 22 Jan 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 21 Jan 2005 p. 257);
Act other than s. 1-3 and 102 and Sch. 2 cl. 9(2) and 25: 1 Mar 2006 (see s. 2 and Gazette 14 Feb 2006 p. 695);
Sch. 2 cl. 9(2): 11 Mar 2006 (see s. 2 and Gazette 10 Mar 2006 p. 987);
Sch. 2 cl. 25 deleted by No. 8 of 2009 s. 32(4)

Working with Children (Criminal Record Checking) Act 2004 Pt. 5

65 of 2004

8 Dec 2004

Pt. 5 other than s. 50-52: 1 Jan 2006 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Dec 2005 p. 6875);
s. 50-52: 1 Jan 2007 (see s. 2 and Gazette 29 Dec 2006 p. 5867)

Criminal Procedure and Appeals (Consequential and Other Provisions) Act 2004 s. 80 and 85(4)

84 of 2004

16 Dec 2004

2 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7129 (correction in Gazette 7 Jan 2005 p. 53))

Family Legislation Amendment Act 2006 Pt. 6 Div. 1

35 of 2006

4 Jul 2006

15 Jul 2006 (see s. 2 and Gazette 14 Jul 2006 p. 2559)

Child Care Services Act 2007 Pt. 7 Div. 1 3

19 of 2007

3 Jul 2007

10 Aug 2007 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 9 Aug 2007 p. 4071)

Reprint 1: The Children and Community Services Act 2004 as at 4 Apr 2008 (includes amendments listed above)

Legal Profession Act 2008 s. 642

21 of 2008

27 May 2008

1 Mar 2009 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 27 Feb 2009 p. 511)

Children and Community Services Amendment (Reporting Sexual Abuse of Children) Act 2008 s. 4-11

26 of 2008

19 Jun 2008

1 Jan 2009 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 9 Dec 2008 p. 5107)

Surrogacy Act 2008 Pt. 4 Div. 2 

47 of 2008

10 Dec 2008

1 Mar 2009 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 27 Feb 2009 p. 512)

Statutes (Repeals and Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2009 s. 32

8 of 2009

21 May 2009

22 May 2009 (see s. 2(b))

Parliamentary Commissioner Amendment Act 2009 s. 11

10 of 2009

29 Jun 2009

30 Jun 2009 (see s. 2(b))

Reprint 2: The Children and Community Services Act 2004 as at 27 Nov 2009 (includes amendments listed above)

Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (WA) Act 2010 Pt. 5 Div. 8

35 of 2010

30 Aug 2010

18 Oct 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 1 Oct 2010 p. 5075-6)

Public Sector Reform Act 2010 s. 89

39 of 2010

1 Oct 2010

1 Dec 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 5 Nov 2010 p. 5563)

Children and Community Services Amendment Act 2010 Pt. 2 Div. 1 and Pt. 3-5

49 of 2010

24 Nov 2010

31 Jan 2011 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 28 Jan 2011 p. 241)

Reprint 3: The Children and Community Services Act 2004 as at 4 Mar 2011 (includes amendments listed above)

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

Road Traffic Legislation Amendment Act 2012 Pt. 4 Div. 6 4

8 of 2012

21 May 2012

Operative on commencement of the Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008 (see s. 2(d))

2 The provision in this Act amending these Acts has been omitted under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(4)(e).

3 The Child Care Services Act 2007 Pt. 6 contains transitional provisions relating to the repealed Pt. 8 of this Act.

4 On the date as at which this compilation was prepared, the Road Traffic Legislation Amendment Act 2012 Pt. 4 Div. 6 had not come into operation. It reads as follows:


Division 6 — Children and Community Services Act 2004 amended

53. Act amended

This Division amends the Children and Community Services Act 2004.

54. Section 102 amended

In section 102 delete “Road Traffic Act 1974)” and insert:


Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008 section 4)




Defined Terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined Term Provision(s)
Aboriginal child 3
Aboriginal person 3
adult 3
advisory body 27(1)
amending section Sch. 1 cl. 26
another law 107(1)
applicant 91
application for assistance 235(1)
approved person 112
assessor 3
assistance 22(4A)
authorisation Sch. 1 cl. 1
authorised officer 3, 195(1)
authorised person 112
body piercing 104A(1)
care plan 10(4), 88I(1), 89(1), 91
care planning decision 91
carer 3
case review panel 91
CEO 3, 24A(1)
child 3, 42, 74, 79(1), 84(1), 105(1), 124F(1), 126(1), 131, 150(1), 240(1)
child protection order 157(1)
child protection proceeding 157(1)
child welfare law 157(1)
Children’s Court 157(1)
commencement Sch. 1 cl. 28(1)
commencement day 124A, Sch. 1 cl. 1
Commissioner 242A(1)
Commissioner of Police 124D(1)
Commonwealth agency 23(1)
condition 51(1), 64(1)
consent 127(1)
continuation order 88E(1)
corresponding authority 23(1)
Court 3
delivery work 188
Department 3
departmental record 238(1)
disability 3
disclosing CEO 24A(2)
disposable article 112
doctor 124A
employ 188
engage in conduct 101(2)
existing appeal Sch. 1 cl. 1
existing order Sch. 1 cl. 1
existing proceedings Sch. 1 cl. 1
extended order Sch. 1 cl. 1
facility 125A(1)
family business 188
firearm 112
first listing date 3
guidelines 80(1)
harm 3, 28(1), 101(2)
home order 157(1)
identified person 237(2)
identifying information 124A, 240(1)
in need of protection 3, 28(2)
in the CEO’s care 3, 30
industrial inspector 188
interested person 23(1)
interim order 3, 157(1)
interim order (secure care) 3
interstate law 157(1)
interstate officer 157(1)
intervention action 32(2)
intoxicant 112
investigable death 242A(1)
judge 3
leave 124H(1)
legal practitioner 148(1)
magistrate 3
midwife 124A
Ministerial Body 17, Sch. 1 cl. 27(1)
neglect 28(1)
negotiated placement agreement 3
notice 193(1), 194A(1)
notifier 240(1)
nurse 124A
officer 3, 37(1), 41(1), 87(1), 88J(1)
officer in charge 40(1)
old order 237(1)
order 124H(1)
parent 3, 42, 88, 91, 131, 157(1)
parentage testing order 136A
parentage testing procedure 136A
parental responsibility 3
parenting order 104(1)
participating State 157(1)
party 3
party to the initial proceedings 42
personal material 97(1)
place 3
place of residence 105(1)
placement arrangement 3
police officer 3
pre-hearing conference 3
prescribed authority 24A(1)
prescribed period 104(1)
prohibited article 112
proposal 143(1)
proposed interstate order 158(1)(c), 167(1)
proposed special guardian 61(1)
protected child 88A
protection application 3
protection order 3
protection order (special guardianship) 3
protection order (supervision) 3
protection order (time-limited) 3
protection order (until 18) 3
protection proceedings 3
provide care 104(1)
provisional care plan 10(4), 39(1), 88I(1)
provisional protection and care 3
provisionally protected child 88A
public authority 3
publication day 88B(3)(a)
publish 237(1)
registrar of the Court 157(1)
relative 3
relevant information 23(1)
relevant person 73(1)
remote communication 120(1)
repealed Act Sch. 1 cl. 1
report 124A, 138
reporter 124A
representation 146(1)
requesting CEO 24A(3)

residential facility 3
responsible person 41(1)
section 18(1) Sch. 1 cl. 27(1)
secure care arrangement 3, 88C(1)
secure care decision 88G(1)
secure care facility 3
secure care period 88F(1), 134A(2)
seized 117(1)
sending State 157(1)
service provider 3
sexual abuse 124A
social services 3
special guardian 42
specified Sch. 1 cl. 25(5)
State 157(1)
teacher 124A
Torres Strait Islander 3
Torres Strait Islander child 3
transferred order 181(1)
variation 134(2A)
warrant (access) 121(1)
warrant (apprehension) 122(1)
warrant (provisional protection and care) 123(1)
weapon 112
wellbeing 3
working day 3, 157(1)
young child 104(1)


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