Children, Young Persons and Their Families Amendment Act 2013 (Tas)

Children, Young Persons and Their Families Amendment Act 2013

An Act to amend the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1997 [Royal Assent 13 December 2013]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Amendment Act 2013 .

2. Commencement The provisions of this Act commence on a day or days to be proclaimed.

3. Principal Act In this Act, the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1997 is referred to as the Principal Act.

4. Section 3 amended (Interpretation) Section 3(1) of the Principal Act is amended as follows: (a) by omitting the definition of advisory panel ; (b) by inserting "family group" after "a" in the definition of family group conference ;

[Commences: Never commenced

(c) by inserting the following definition after the definition of family group conference : family meeting means a family meeting convened under section 29A or 53 ;

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(d) by omitting paragraph (c) from the definition of information-sharing entity and substituting the following paragraph: (c) a person conducting an establishment, within the meaning of the Health Service Establishments Act 2006 ; or (e) by inserting the following definition after the definition of State : supervision order has the meaning given by section 42A ;

5. The amendment effected by this section has been incorporated into the authorised version of the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1997 .

6. The amendment effected by this section has been incorporated into the authorised version of the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1997 .