Why weren all the legislative provisions proclaimed on 24 January 2010?
Most of the legislative provisions in the Children Legislation Amendment (Wood Inquiry Recommendations) Act 2009 were proclaimed on 24 January 2010 or previously. However, a small number of provisions were not proclaimed at this time. These include provisions that: • Transfer the Children’s Court Clinic (CCC) to Justice Health and the Child Death Review Team (CDRT) to the Ombudsman. These provisions will commence at the same time as the actual transfer of affected functions and staff, planned for July 2010 for the CCC and November 2010 for the CDRT. • Limit the Children’s Court powers to make contact orders (between children in out-of-home care and their families). This will not commence until a comprehensive system of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is in place, as previously signalled by the NSW Government and supported by the Expert Working Group on ADR. • Extend Working With Children Background checks to additional groups. These provisions will not commence until 31 March 2010
