Victorian Current Acts

CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES ACT 2005 - SECT 1

The main purposes of this Act are—

        (a)     to provide for community services to support children and families; and

        (b)     to provide for the protection of children; and

        (c)     to make provision in relation to children who have been charged with, or who have been found guilty of, offences; and

        (d)     to continue The Children's Court of Victoria as a specialist court dealing with matters relating to children.