New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

CHILDREN (CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS) REGULATION 2005 - REG 21

21 Constitution of Coordination Groups

(1) For the purposes of transacting any of its business, each Coordination Group is to be constituted by the following members:

(a) one police officer nominated in writing by the Commissioner of Police (or his or her delegate) to represent the NSW Police Force,

(b) at least 2 persons (but not more than 5 persons) nominated in writing by the Director-General of the Department of Human Services (or his or her delegate) to represent the Department,

(c) one person nominated in writing by the Director-General of the Department of Education and Training (or his or her delegate) to represent the Department,

(d) one person nominated in writing by the chief executive of a local health district (or his or her delegate), being a local health district that is designated by the Director-General as the appropriate local health district to make the nomination for the Group,

(e) such other persons (if any) as may be nominated in writing by the following heads of government agencies (or their delegates) to represent the agency of which they are the head:

(i) the Director-General of Communities NSW,

(ii) the Director-General of the Department of Justice and Attorney General,

(iii) the Director-General of the Department of Premier and Cabinet,

(iv) the Director-General of the Department of Health,

(v) the Chief Executive of Justice Health,

(vi) the Managing Director of TAFE NSW.

(2) A person nominated under subclause (1) must be a member of the Government Service.

(3) Only one person may be nominated for each government agency referred to in subclause (1) (g).

(4) A person who is authorised by subclause (1) to nominate a person to be a member of a Coordination Group may nominate a person for a specified period or for a particular meeting or meetings, and may revoke any such nomination at any time and for any reason.

(5) The Chairperson of a Coordination Group is:

(a) to keep copies of the written nominations of persons to be members of the Group that are relevant for each meeting of the Group, and

(b) to cause the name of each person present at a meeting of the Group (along with the name of the government agency that he or she represents) to be included in the minutes of the meeting.

(6) It is to be presumed (unless the contrary is established) that a person was duly nominated under subclause (1) to represent a government agency at a meeting of a Coordination Group if the minutes of the meeting indicate that the person attended the meeting as the representative of the agency.