Children's Court (Amendment) Act 1987 (NSW)

CHILDREN'S COURT (AMENDMENT) ACT 1987 No. 268

NEW SOUTH WALES

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1. Short title
2. Amendment of Act No. 53, 1987

SCHEDULE 1—AMENDMENTS

CHILDREN'S COURT (AMENDMENT) ACT 1987 No. 268

NEW SOUTH WALES

Act No. 268, 1987

An Act to amend the Children's Court Act 1987 so as to provide that the

and so as to provide for the appointment of more than one Registrar of that	persons comprising the Children's Court shall be "Children's Magistrates"
Court. [Assented to 16 December 1987]

Children's Court (Amendment) 1987

The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Children's Court (Amendment) Act

1987.

Amendment of Act No. 53, 1987

2. The Children's Court Act 1987 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

SCHEDULE 1—AMENDMENTS

(Sec. 2)

(1) Section 3 (Definitions)—

Section 3 (1)—

Insert, in alphabetical order, the following definitions:

"Children's Magistrate" means a person appointed under

section 7 (1) to be a Children's Magistrate;

"Senior Children's Magistrate" means the person appointed

under section 8 (1) to be Senior Children's Magistrate;

(2) Section 6 (Composition of the Court)—

Section 6—

Omit "members", insert instead "Children's Magistrates".

(3) Sections 7, 8, 9, 13, 17, 22—

Omit "a member of the Court" wherever occurring, insert instead

"a Children's Magistrate".

(4) Sections 7, 16, 23—

Omit "members of the Court" wherever occurring, insert instead

"Children's Magistrates".

(5) Section 8 (Senior Children's Magistrate)—

(a)

Section 8(1)— Magistrate".

(b)

Section 8 (2)— "Senior Children's Magistrate".

(c)

Section 8 (3)— "Senior Children's Magistrate".

(6) Sections 8, 9, 16, 17, 18, 22—

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Omit "senior member of the Court" wherever occurring, insert instead "Senior Children's Magistrate".

(7) Section 9 (Acting Senior Children's Magistrate)—

(a)

Section 9 (l)(a), (b)— Children's Magistrate".

(b)

Section 9 (2)— occurring, insert instead "Senior Children's Magistrate".

(8) Section 11 (Registrars and other officers of the Court)—

Omit "A Registrar", insert instead "Registrars".

(9) Section 16 (Functions of the Senior Children's Magistrate)—

(a)

Section 16 (l)(c)— Magistrate".

(b)

Section 16 (2)— Magistrates or Children's Magistrates".

(c)

Section 16 (2)— Magistrate".

(10) Section 17 (Delegation)—

Section 17(1)—

Omit "senior member's", insert instead "Senior Children's

Magistrate's".

(11) Section 22 (Judicial notice of signatures)—

Section 22 (d)—

Omit "the Registrar", insert instead "a Registrar".

(12) Schedule 1, heading—

Omit "THE MEMBERS OF THE COURT", insert instead

"CHILDREN'S MAGISTRATES".

(13) Schedule 1 —

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Omit "member's", insert instead "Children's Magistrate's".

(15) Schedule 1, clause 1 (2)—

Omit "member" where secondly occurring, insert instead

"Magistrate".

(16) Schedule 1, clause 3 (b)—

Omit "member", insert instead "Children's Magistrate".