Western Australian Current Acts

COMMISSIONER FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2006 - SECT 52

52 .         Establishment etc. of advisory committees

        (1)         Subject to subsection (2), the Commissioner may establish advisory committees and reference groups to assist in the performance of the Commissioner’s functions.

        (2)         The Commissioner must establish advisory committees consisting of children and young people, who the Commissioner considers are from a broad range of socio-economic and cultural backgrounds and age groups, to assist in the performance of the Commissioner’s functions. These committees should be established in regional areas as well as the metropolitan area.

        (3)         The membership of advisory committees should include representatives of non-government agencies concerned with the rights, interests and wellbeing of children and young people.

        (4)         The Commissioner may discharge, alter or reconstitute an advisory committee.

        (5)         Subject to subsection (2), an advisory committee is to consist of such people as the Commissioner determines.

        [Section 52 amended: No. 46 of 2009 s. 5(5).]

[ 53.         Deleted: No. 46 of 2009 s. 5(4).]