Western Australian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

CHILD WELFARE ACT 1947 - SECT 10

10 .         General powers of Director-General

        (1)         Subject to the regulations and the direction of the Minister, the Director-General shall —

            (a)         be the guardian and have the care, management and control of the persons and property of all wards;

            (b)         have the supervision and control of all children placed under the control of the Department; and

            (c)         have the supervision of all children to whom a licence granted under section 111 or section 112 applies.

        (2)         Any ward and any child placed under the control of the Department may from time to time be dealt with by the Director-General in any one or more of the following ways —

            (a)         by placing the child in any suitable facility;

            (b)         with the approval of the Minister or a person to whom the power to give approval on behalf of the Minister has been delegated pursuant to section 9A, by transferring the child from one facility to another facility or from one kind of training or employment to any other which in the opinion of the Director-General is likely to prove more beneficial to the child;

            (c)         by placing out that child or placing the child in employment with some suitable person; or

            (d)         by placing that child in the care, charge or custody of a suitable person willing to take the child.

        [Section 10 amended by No. 45 of 1955 s. 2; No. 15 of 1959 s. 4; No. 22 of 1962 s. 3; No. 29 of 1968 s. 3; No. 73 of 1976 s. 8; No. 121 of 1984 s. 18; No. 49 of 1988 s. 40.]