Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 Proclamation re commencement (2000-166) [GG No 48 of 17.4.2000, p 3350] (NSW)

2000 No 166

Children and Young Persons (Care New South Wales

and Protection) Act 1998 No

157—Proclamation

GORDON SAMUELS, Governor I, the Honourable Gordon Samuels AC, CVO, Governor of the State of New South Wales, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of section 2 of the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998, do, by this my Proclamation, appoint 17 April 2000 as the day on which the following provisions of that Act commence:

(a) Chapter 1, and

(b) Chapter 14 (except section 229), and

(c) sections 258–264, and

(d) Schedule 3.

Signed and sealed at Sydney, this 12th day of April 2000.

By His Excellency’s Command,

FAYE LO PO’, M.P.,

Minister for Community Services

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Explanatory note
The object of this Proclamation is to commence provisions of the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 that establish certain offences relating to the treatment of children and young persons. Other preliminary and ancillary provisions are also commenced.

BY AUTHORITY

Published in Gazette No 48 of 17 April 2000, page 3350