Children's Court Regulations 2008 (WA)

Western Australia

Children’s Court of Western Australia Act 1988

Children’s Court Regulations 2008

Western Australia

Children’s Court Regulations 2008 Contents Children’s Court of Western Australia Act 1988

Children’s Court of Western Australia Act 1988

Children’s Court Regulations 2008

1.Citation

These regulations are the Children’s Court Regulations 2008.

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 the day after that day.

3.Access to Court’s records

For the purposes of section 51A(3)(j) the following persons are prescribed —

• (a)

  the CEO as defined in the Working with Children (Screening) Act 2004 section 4;

• (b)

  an officer of the Department assisting the CEO in carrying out a criminal record check as those terms are defined in the Working with Children (Screening) Act 2004 section 4;

• (c)

  the CEO as defined in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Worker Screening) Act 2020 section 5(1);

• (d)

  an officer assisting the CEO in carrying out a criminal record check as those terms are defined in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Worker Screening) Act 2020 section 5(1);

• (e)

  the chief executive officer of the department of the Public Service referred to in the School Education Act 1999 section 228 (the Education Department);

• (f)

  a person holding, acting in or performing the functions of the position of Deputy Director General in the Education Department with responsibility for the operation of schools;

• (g)

  an officer of the Education Department assisting a person referred to in paragraph (f) in considering education options for a child who is or has been charged with an offence involving harmful behaviour.

[Regulation 3 amended: SL 2021/26 r. 4; SL 2022/156 r. 4.]

Notes

This is a compilation of the Children’s Court Regulations 2008 and includes amendments made by other written laws. For provisions that have come into operation, or versions that include editorial changes made under the Legislation Act 2021 Part 3, see the compilation table. For provisions affected by editorial changes see the editorial changes table.

Compilation table

Citation	Published	Commencement
Children’s Court Regulations 2008	22 Aug 2008 p. 3667-8	r. 1 and 2: 22 Aug 2008 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 23 Aug 2008 (see r. 2(b))
Attorney General Regulations Amendment (NDIS) Regulations 2021 Pt. 2	SL 2021/26 26 Feb 2021	27 Feb 2021 (see r. 2(b))
Children’s Court Amendment Regulations 2022	SL 2022/156 9 Sep 2022	r. 1 and 2: 9 Sep 2022 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 10 Sep 2022 (see r. 2(b))
Children’s Court Regulations 2008 with editorial changes as at 14 Jun 2024

Editorial changes table

The Legislation Act 2021 Part 3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial changes to laws. This power cannot be used to change the effect of a law. If an editorial change is made to a law, the law has effect as if the change had been made by another law that amended the law and commenced on the day on which the change is made.

To see the editorial changes included in a version of a law, see the compare document for that version on the WA Legislation website.

Provision/s affected	Authorising provision of Legislation Act 2021 Part 3	Effective date of change
r. 3(a) and (b)	s. 25(2)	14 Jun 2024

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)

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