Western Australian Current Acts

CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 2004 - SECT 6

6 .         Objects

                The objects of this Act are —

            (a)         to promote the wellbeing of children, other individuals, families and communities; and

            (b)         to acknowledge the primary role of parents, families and communities in safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of children; and

            (c)         to encourage and support parents, families and communities in carrying out that role; and

            (da)         to support and reinforce the role and responsibility of parents to appropriately and safely manage the behaviour of their children; and

            (d)         to provide for the protection and care of children in circumstances where their parents have not given, or are unlikely or unable to give, that protection and care; and

            (e)         to protect children from exploitation in employment.

        [Section 6 amended: No. 19 of 2007 s. 64; No. 23 of 2015 s. 5; No. 18 of 2021 s. 6.]