EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Immigration (Guardianship of Children) Act 1946

Immigration (Guardianship of Children) Regulations 2001

WELFARE OF CHILDREN: OFFICES THAT ARE AUTHORITIES
(REGULATION 4)

1. This Instrument is made under regulation 4 of the Immigration (Guardianship of Children) Regulations 2001 (‘the Regulations’).

2.                  Regulation 4 of the Regulations provides that the Minister may specify an office, the holder of which performs functions in relation to the welfare of children in a State (or Territory), to be an authority for the State (or Territory).

3.                  The purpose of the Instrument is to update the offices that are authorities for the States and Territories.

4.                  The Instrument operates to specify certain offices in State and Territory Departments, the holders of which are each to be an authority for the purposes of the Regulations.

5. Consultation was undertaken, before the Instrument was made, with the relevant authorities in each State and Territory, to determine each office that should be specified as an authority.

6. The Instrument, IMMI 08/015, commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.