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Long title
To provide for the establishment, regulation and subsidisation of street children shelters; to prevent abuse, exploitation and discrimination of street children; to establish methods of governance, operation and monitoring of street children shelters; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Table of contents
| SECTION | TITLE |
| ARRANGEMENT OF ACT | |
| CHAPTER 1. DEFINITIONS, APPLICATION AND PURPOSE | |
| 1. | Definitions |
| 2. | Application
of Act |
| 3. | Objects
of this Act |
| CHAPTER
2. DUTIES OF
SHELTER
OPERATORS, SHELTER EMPLOYEES AND SHELTER VOLUNTEERS |
|
| 4. | Protection
against abuse, exploitation and discrimination |
| 5. | Disciplinary
measures |
| 6. | Disciplinary register |
| 7. | Safety |
| 8. | Programmes for street children |
| 9. | Privacy |
| 10. | Prohibition
on unfair discrimination |
| 11. | Children’s
rights |
| CHAPTER
3. GOVERNANCE OF
SHELTERS |
|
| 12. | Board
of management |
| 13. | Composition
of board of management |
| 14. | Powers
and duties of board of management |
| 15. | Governance
of shelter |
| CHAPTER
4. OPERATION OF
THE
SHELTER |
|
| 16. | Hours of operation |
| 17. | Personnel |
| 18. | Register of children |
| 19. | Financial records |
| 20. | Physical facilities |
| 21. | Hygiene |
| 22. | Display of registration certificate |
| CHAPTER 5. FUNDING | |
| 23. | Funding |
| 24. | Revocation of funding |
| CHAPTER 6. MONITORING OF SHELTERS | |
| 25. | Appointment of inspectors |
| 26. | Functions of inspectors |
| 27. | Inspectors’ powers |
| 28. | Co-operation with inspectors |
| 29. | Compliance orders |
| 30. | Annual
evaluation of
shelter |
| CHAPTER 7. REGISTRATION OF SHELTERS | |
| 31. | Registration of shelters |
| 32. | Determination of application for registration |
| 33. | Conditions of registrations |
| 34. | Cancellation of registration |
| 35. | Appeal against cancellation of registration |
| 36. | Register of shelters |
| 37. | Register of street children |
| 38. | Certificate
of registration |
| CHAPTER 8. OFFENCES AND PENALTIES | |
| 39. | Failure
to comply with this Act |
| 40. | Penalties |
| CHAPTER 9. MISCELLANEOUS | |
| 41. | Development of Shelters |
| 42. | Removal of Children |
| 43. | Information |
| 44. | Exemption |
| 45. | Regulations |
| 46. | Delegation of powers and assignment of duties |
| 46. | Transitional and savings provisions |
| 48. | Short title and commencement |
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