Western Australian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

CHILD WELFARE ACT 1947 - SECT 47C

47C .         Parents may apply for committal of child

        (1)         The parents, or the surviving parent, of a child, or where the child is maintained or taken care of only by one of the parents, that parent may apply to the Minister for an order committing the child to the care of the Department or placing the child under the control of the Department, for a period, or until the child attains the age, specified in the application; and the Minister may, if he is satisfied that it is in the best interests of the child that the application be granted and upon the parents or parent giving a written undertaking to provide such maintenance for the child as the Minister may require, commit the child to the care of the Department or place the child under the control of the Department for the period, or until the child attains the age, specified in the application.

        (2)         The amount of maintenance from time to time due to the Minister, by virtue of an undertaking given pursuant to subsection (1), is deemed to be an advance under, and for the purposes of, the Welfare and Assistance Act 1961 .

        (3)         A parent of the child who has not applied to the Minister for an order under this section may apply to the court for cancellation of any order made by the Minister under this section and the release of the child, and the court may grant the application unconditionally or subject to such conditions as in the circumstances of the case the court considers to be in the best interests of the child or may refuse the application.

        [Section 47C inserted by No. 27 of 1967 s. 14; amended by No. 73 of 1976 s. 60; No. 49 of 1988 s. 40.]

[ 47D.                 Repealed by No. 9 of 1994 s. 145.]

[ 48.                 Repealed by No. 73 of 1976 s. 62.]