Child and Family Agency (Amendment) Act 2021

Amendment of section 47 of Principal Act

21. Section 47 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) by the insertion of “or, in respect of the education welfare functions of the Agency, the Minister for Education” after “Minister” where “Minister” first occurs in that subsection, and

(ii) in paragraph (b), by the insertion of “, the Minister for Education” after “Minister”,

(b) in subsection (2), by the insertion of “or the Minister for Education” after “Minister”,

(c) in subsection (3), by the insertion of “or the Minister for Education, in respect of a direction given by the Minister concerned,” after “Minister”,

(d) in subsection (4), by the substitution of “or the Minister for Education in the direction, inform the Minister concerned” for “in the direction, inform the Minister”,

(e) in subsection (5), by the insertion of “or the Minister for Education” after “Minister”, and

(f) in subsection (6), by the substitution of “Neither the Minister nor the Minister for Education shall” for “The Minister shall not”.