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CHILDREN'S GUARDIAN ACT 2019 - As at 30 October 2023 - Act 25 of 2019 - NOTES

Does not include amendments by--

Sch 5.10[5[#93]-[7[#93] of this Act (not commenced)

See also--

Equality Legislation Amendment (LGBTIQA+) Bill 2023 [Non-government Bill-- Mr A H Greenwich, MP[#93]

Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am amended LW legislation website Sch Schedule
Cl clause No number Schs Schedules
Cll clauses p page Sec section
Div Division pp pages Secs sections
Divs Divisions Reg Regulation Subdiv Subdivision
GG Government Gazette Regs Regulations Subdivs Subdivisions
Ins inserted Rep repealed Subst substituted

Table of amending instruments

Children's Guardian Act 2019 No 25. Assented to 4.12.2019. Date of commencement, except secs 131, 132 and Sch 5.10[5[#93]-[7[#93], 1.3.2020, sec 2(1); date of commencement of secs 131, 132 and Sch 5.10[5[#93]-[7[#93]: not in force. This Act has been amended by Sch 5.10 to this Act and as follows--

2018 No 70 Government Sector Finance Legislation (Repeal and Amendment) Act 2018. Assented to 22.11.2018.
Date of commencement of Sch 4.16, 1.7.2023, sec 2(1) and 2023 (91) LW 2.3.2023. Amended by Children's Guardian Act 2019 No 25. Assented to 4.12.2019. Date of commencement of Sch 5.22, 1.3.2020, sec 2(1).
2020 No 5 COVID-19 Legislation Amendment (Emergency Measures--Miscellaneous) Act 2020. Assented to 14.5.2020.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.5, assent, sec 2(1).
No 24 Stronger Communities Legislation Amendment (Courts and Civil) Act 2020. Assented to 28.9.2020.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.1[1[#93]-[10[#93] and [21[#93], assent, sec 2(1); date of commencement of Sch 1.1[14[#93]-[17[#93], 1.9.2022, sec 2(2).
Sch 1.1[11[#93] [13[#93] and [18[#93]-[20[#93] were not commenced and were repealed by the Children's Guardian Amendment Act 2022 No 33.
Sch 1.1[12[#93] was not commenced and was repealed by the Stronger Communities Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous) Act 2020 No 31.
No 30 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020. Assented to 27.10.2020.
Date of commencement of amendments made by Schs 1.9 and 2.7, 11.12.2020, sec 2(3).
No 31 Stronger Communities Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous) Act 2020. Assented to 27.10.2020.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.2[1[#93], 1.9.2022, sec 2(4); date of commencement of Sch 2.2[2[#93]-[4[#93], assent, sec 2(1).
2021 No 16 Families, Communities and Disability Services Miscellaneous Amendment Act 2021. Assented to 23.6.2021.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
No 30 Children's Guardian Amendment (Child Safe Scheme) Act 2021. Assented to 18.11.2021.
Date of commencement of Sch 1[1[#93] [2[#93] [3[#93], except to the extent it inserts sec 8J(c) and 8L(1)(b), [4[#93]-[11[#93] and [16[#93]-[23[#93], sec 2 and 2021 (753) LW 17.12.2021; date of commencement of Sch 1[3[#93], to the extent it inserts sec 8J(c) and 8L(1)(b), 1.9.2022, sec 2 and 2022 (477) LW 26.8.2022; date of commencement of Sch 1[12[#93]-[15[#93], 1.2.2023, sec 2 and 2022 (729) LW 2.12.2022.
No 45 Stronger Communities Legislation Amendment (Children) Act 2021. Assented to 8.12.2021.
Date of commencement of Sch 5, assent, sec 2(1).
2022 No 14 Public Interest Disclosures Act 2022. Assented to 13.4.2022.
Date of commencement, 1.10.2023, sec 2 and 2023 (11) LW 20.1.2023.
No 26 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022. Assented to 16.6.2022.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
No 33 Children's Guardian Amendment Act 2022. Assented to 1.7.2022.
Date of commencement of Sch 1[1[#93]-[11[#93] [13[#93] [14[#93], except to the extent it inserts sec 85(1C), [17[#93] [21[#93]-[37[#93] [40[#93]-[45[#93] and [47[#93]-[49[#93], 1.9.2022, sec 2(b); date of commencement of Sch 1[12[#93] [14[#93], to the extent it inserts sec 85(1C), [15[#93] [16[#93] [18[#93]-[20[#93] [38[#93] [39[#93] and [46[#93], 18.7.2022, sec 2(a).
No 59 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2022. Assented to 26.10.2022.
Date of commencement, 13.1.2023, sec 2.
2023 No 35 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2023. Assented to 30.10.2023.
Date of commencement of Schs 3 and 4, assent, sec 2(c).
No 39 Justice Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous) Act 2023. Assented to 30.10.2023.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
This Act has been amended by sec 30C of the Interpretation Act 1987 No 15.

Table of amendments

Sec 6 Am 2021 No 30, Sch 1[1[#93].
Sec 8 Am 2021 No 30, Sch 1[2[#93].
Part 3A Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[3[#93].
Part 3A, Div 1 Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[3[#93].
Sec 8A Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[3[#93].
Sec 8AA Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[3[#93].
Sec 8AB Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[3[#93].
Sec 8AC Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[3[#93].
Sec 8B Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[3[#93].
Part 3A, Div 2 Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[3[#93].
Sec 8C Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[3[#93].
Sec 8D Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[3[#93].
Sec 8DA Ins 2022 No 33, Sch 1[1[#93].
Sec 8E Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[3[#93].
Part 3A, Div 3 Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[3[#93].
Sec 8F Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[3[#93].
Sec 8G Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[3[#93]. Am 2022 No 26, Sch 2.6[1[#93].
Sec 8H Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[3[#93].
Sec 8I Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[3[#93].
Sec 8J Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[3[#93].
Sec 8K Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[3[#93].
Sec 8L Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[3[#93].
Sec 8M Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[3[#93].
Sec 8N Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[3[#93]. Am 2023 No 35, Sch 3.1.
Sec 8O Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[3[#93].
Part 3A, Div 4 Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[3[#93].
Sec 8P Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[3[#93].
Sec 8Q Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[3[#93].
Sec 8R Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[3[#93].
Sec 8S Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[3[#93].
Sec 8T Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[3[#93].
Part 3A, Div 5 Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[3[#93].
Sec 8U Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[3[#93].
Sec 8V Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[3[#93].
Sec 8W Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[3[#93].
Part 3A, Div 6 Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[3[#93].
Sec 8X Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[3[#93].
Sec 8Y Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[3[#93].
Sec 8Z Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[3[#93].
Part 3A, Div 7 Ins 2022 No 33, Sch 1[2[#93].
Sec 8ZA Ins 2022 No 33, Sch 1[2[#93].
Sec 8ZB Ins 2022 No 33, Sch 1[2[#93].
Sec 8ZC Ins 2022 No 33, Sch 1[2[#93].
Sec 8ZD Ins 2022 No 33, Sch 1[2[#93].
Sec 10 Am 2019 No 25, Sch 5.10[1[#93]; 2020 No 24, Sch 1.1[1[#93] [2[#93].
Sec 12 Am 2019 No 25, Sch 5.10[2[#93].
Sec 15A Ins 2019 No 25, Sch 5.10[3[#93].
Sec 16 Am 2019 No 25, Sch 5.10[4[#93]; 2020 No 24, Sch 1.1[3[#93]-[6[#93].
Sec 18 Am 2020 No 30, Sch 1.9[1[#93].
Sec 19 Am 2020 No 30, Sch 1.9[2[#93].
Sec 27 Am 2020 No 24, Sch 1.1[7[#93]; 2022 No 26, Sch 2.6[2[#93].
Sec 29 Am 2021 No 45, Sch 5[1[#93].
Sec 30 Am 2021 No 45, Sch 5[2[#93]-[4[#93].
Sec 33 Am 2021 No 45, Sch 5[5[#93].
Sec 36 Am 2021 No 45, Sch 5[6[#93].
Sec 37 Am 2021 No 30, Sch 1[4[#93].
Sec 43 Am 2021 No 30, Sch 1[5[#93].
Sec 49 Am 2021 No 30, Sch 1[6[#93].
Sec 51 Am 2023 No 35, Sch 4.5[1[#93].
Sec 54 Am 2021 No 30, Sch 1[7[#93] [8[#93].
Sec 55 Am 2021 No 30, Sch 1[9[#93].
Sec 58 Am 2022 No 14, Sch 8.1[1[#93] [2[#93].
Sec 61 Am 2022 No 14, Sch 8.1[3[#93].
Sec 63 Am 2020 No 24, Sch 1.1[8[#93].
Sec 66 Am 2021 No 16, Sch 5[1[#93]; 2022 No 33, Sch 1[3[#93].
Sec 70 Am 2023 No 35, Sch 4.5[2[#93].
Part 5, heading Am 2022 No 33, Sch 1[4[#93].
Sec 71 Am 2022 No 33, Sch 1[5[#93].
Sec 72 Am 2020 No 24, Sch 1.1[9[#93] [10[#93]. Subst 2022 No 33, Sch 1[6[#93].
Sec 73 Rep 2022 No 33, Sch 1[5[#93].
Sec 74 Subst 2022 No 33, Sch 1[7[#93].
Sec 75 Am 2022 No 33, Sch 1[8[#93] [9[#93].
Part 5, Div 2 Rep 2022 No 33, Sch 1[10[#93].
Sec 76 Rep 2022 No 33, Sch 1[10[#93].
Sec 77 Rep 2022 No 33, Sch 1[10[#93].
Sec 78 Rep 2022 No 33, Sch 1[10[#93].
Sec 79 Rep 2022 No 33, Sch 1[10[#93].
Sec 80 Rep 2022 No 33, Sch 1[10[#93].
Sec 85 Am 2020 No 31, Sch 2.2[1[#93]-[4[#93]; 2022 No 33, Sch 1[11[#93]-[15[#93]; 2022 No 59, Sch 2.7[1[#93].
Sec 86 Am 2022 No 33, Sch 1[16[#93] [17[#93]; 2022 No 59, Sch 2.7[1[#93] [2[#93].
Sec 87 Am 2020 No 30, Sch 2.7[1[#93] [2[#93]; 2022 No 33, Sch 1[18[#93]-[20[#93]; 2022 No 59, Sch 2.7[1[#93] [3[#93] [4[#93].
Sec 88 Am 2022 No 59, Sch 2.7[2[#93] [5[#93].
Sec 93 Am 2020 No 24, Sch 1.1[14[#93].
Sec 97 Am 2020 No 24, Sch 1.1[15[#93].
Sec 98 Am 2020 No 24, Sch 1.1[16[#93].
Sec 102 Am 2020 No 24, Sch 1.1[17[#93].
Part 7, Div 1, heading Rep 2022 No 33, Sch 1[21[#93].
Sec 110A Ins 2022 No 33, Sch 1[22[#93].
Part 7, Div 2, heading Rep 2022 No 33, Sch 1[23[#93].
Sec 112 Am 2022 No 33, Sch 1[24[#93] [25[#93].
Sec 113 Rep 2022 No 33, Sch 1[26[#93].
Part 7, Div 3, heading Rep 2022 No 33, Sch 1[27[#93].
Sec 121 Am 2023 No 39, Sch 2[1[#93] [2[#93].
Sec 128 Am 2021 No 30, Sch 1[10[#93]; 2022 No 33, Sch 1[28[#93] [29[#93].
Sec 131 Ins 2019 No 25, Sch 5.8[18[#93] (provision transferred and renumbered from the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998, sec 182).
Sec 132 Ins 2019 No 25, Sch 5.8[19[#93] (provision transferred and renumbered from the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998, sec 184).
Sec 141 Am 2018 No 70, Sch 4.16 (subst 2019 No 25, Sch 5.22).
Sec 143 Am 2022 No 33, Sch 1[30[#93].
Sec 145 Am 2021 No 30, Sch 1[11[#93].
Sec 151 Am 2022 No 33, Sch 1[31[#93].
Part 9A Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[12[#93].
Part 9A, Div 1 Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[12[#93].
Sec 152A Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[12[#93].
Sec 152B Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[12[#93].
Sec 152C Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[12[#93].
Sec 152D Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[12[#93].
Sec 152E Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[12[#93].
Sec 152F Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[12[#93].
Part 9A, Div 2 Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[12[#93].
Sec 152G Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[12[#93].
Sec 152H Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[12[#93].
Sec 152I Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[12[#93].
Sec 152J Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[12[#93].
Part 9A, Div 3 Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[12[#93].
Sec 152K Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[12[#93].
Sec 154 Am 2022 No 33, Sch 1[32[#93] [33[#93].
Sec 163 Am 2021 No 30, Sch 1[13[#93] [14[#93].
Sec 164 Am 2021 No 30, Sch 1[15[#93]; 2022 No 33, Sch 1[5[#93].
Sec 174 Am 2021 No 30, Sch 1[16[#93].
Sec 175 Am 2022 No 33, Sch 1[34[#93].
Sec 180 Am 2021 No 30, Sch 1[17[#93].
Sec 180A Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[18[#93].
Sec 184 Am 2022 No 33, Sch 1[5[#93].
Sch 1 Am 2022 No 33, Sch 1[35[#93].
Sch 2 Am 2021 No 30, Sch 1[19[#93] [20[#93]; 2022 No 33, Sch 1[36[#93].
Sch 3 Am 2022 No 14, Sch 8.1[2[#93].
Sch 3A Ins 2022 No 33, Sch 1[37[#93].
Sch 3B Ins 2022 No 33, Sch 1[37[#93].
Sch 4 Am 2020 No 5, Sch 1.5; 2020 No 30, Sch 1.9[3[#93]; 2021 No 16, Sch 5[2[#93]; 2021 No 45, Sch 5[7[#93]; 2022 No 33, Sch 1[38[#93] [39[#93]; 2023 No 39, Sch 2[3[#93].
Sch 5 Am 1987 No 15, sec 30C.
Sch 6 Am 2019 No 25, Sch 5.10[8[#93]; 2020 No 24, Sch 1.1[21[#93]; 2021 No 30, Sch 1[21[#93]-[23[#93]; 2022 No 14, Sch 8.1[4[#93]; 2022 No 33, Sch 1[40[#93]-[49[#93].


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