Children's Court Amendment (Children's Court Clinic) Rule 2011 (NSW)

2011 No 316

New South Wales

Children’s Court Amendment

(Children’s Court Clinic) Rule 2011

under the

Children’s Court Act 1987

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Rule under the Children’s Court Act 1987.

GREG SMITH, MP

Attorney General

Explanatory note
The object of this Rule is to amend the Children’s Court Rule 2000 as follows:

(a)	to update a reference to the Director of the Children’s Court Clinic as a consequence of the transfer of the staff of that Clinic from the Department of Attorney General and Justice to the NSW Health Service,
(b)	to provide that persons who have been appointed to the Children’s Court Clinic by the Attorney General are taken to have been appointed by the Minister for Health (who now has responsibility for establishing and maintaining the Clinic).

This Rule is made under the Children’s Court Act 1987, including sections 15B and 23 (the general power to make rules).

Published LW 1 July 2011	Page 1
2011 No 316
Clause 1	Children’s Court Amendment (Children’s Court Clinic) Rule 2011

Children’s Court Amendment (Children’s Court Clinic)

Rule 2011

under the

Children’s Court Act 1987

1      Name of Rule

This Rule is the Children’s Court Amendment (Children’s Court Clinic)
Rule 2011.

2      Commencement

This Rule commences on 1 July 2011 and is required to be published on the NSW legislation website.

3 Amendment of Children’s Court Rule 2000

(1) Clause 3 Definitions

Omit the definition of Director of the Children’s Court Clinic from clause 3 (1).

Insert instead:

Director of the Children’s Court Clinic means the person holding office as such under Chapter 9 of the Health Services Act 1997.

(2)	Clause 33 Composition of Children’s Court Clinic
Insert at the end of the clause:

(2) Any appointment under subclause (1) (b) that was in force immediately before 1 July 2011 is taken to be an appointment made by the Minister for Health.