Children and Community Services Amendment Regulations 2018 (WA)

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Children and Community Services Act 2004

Children and Community Services Amendment

Regulations 2018

These regulations amend the Children and Community Services
Regulations 2006.

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.       Citation

These regulations are the Children and Community Services
Amendment Regulations 2018.

2.     Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

(a) regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these

regulations are published in the Gazette;

(b) the rest of the regulations — on 1 July 2018.

3.      Regulations amended

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4.            Regulation 20A amended

In regulation 20A:

(a)

delete paragraphs (c) and (e);

(b)

delete paragraph (1) and insert:

(f) the Housing Authority referred to in the Housing Act 1980 section 6(4);

(c)

delete paragraph (g);

(d)

in paragraph (t) delete "section 61." and insert:
section 61;

(e)

after paragraph (t) insert:

(u)	the department of the Public Service designated as the Department of the Premier and Cabinet;
(v)	the department of the Public Service principally assisting in the administration of the Financial Management Act 2006.

5.            Regulation 21 amended

In regulation 21(1) delete the Table and insert:

Table

Class of children Amount ($)

Children who are under 7 years of age	$411
Children who have reached 7 years of age
but are under 13 years of age	$486
Children who have reached 13 years of age	$588

6.            Regulation 21B inserted

After regulation 2 1A insert:

21B.	Prescribed personal material (Act s. 97(1))
For the purposes of paragraph (e) of the definition of personal material in section 97(1), the following documents and materials are prescribed -

(a) school test results and other material relating to
the child's education (such as awards,
certificates, yearbooks, portfolios and artwork);

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(b) records and personal effects relating to the

child's participation in recreational or extra- curricular activities (such as awards, medals, trophies and certificates);

(c)	the child's Medicare card and health care card;
(d)	the child's dental records;
(e)	the child's immunisation records;
(0	the child's Tax File Number;
(g)	documents relating to the child's financial
assets (such as bank account and trust account information and any cards linked to such accounts);
(h)	the child's learner's permit, driver's licence and

any other identification documents;

(i)the child's family tree or genogram;

(j) gifts, letters and photographs received from the

child's relatives, friends and carers;

(k)	the child's placement history;
(1)	documents or material relating to the child's religious identity (such as a baptism or confirmation certificate).

N. HAGLEY, Clerk of the Executive Council.