Child and Family Agency (Amendment) Act 2021

Amendment of section 42 of Principal Act

17. Section 42 of the Principal Act is amended—

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

(b) by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (3):

“(3A) The Agency shall provide a copy of a corporate plan to the Minister for Education at the same time as it submits the corporate plan to the Minister under subsection (2)(d)(ii).

(3B) Within 30 days of receiving a copy of a corporate plan under subsection (3A), the Minister for Education may, in so far as the corporate plan relates to the education welfare functions of the Agency, issue directions regarding amendments to the proposed plan.”,

(c) in subsection (4)(c), by the insertion of “or the Minister for Education” after “Minister”, and

(d) in subsection (5)—

(i) in paragraph (a), by the insertion of “with, in so far as the corporate plan relates to the education welfare functions of the Agency, the consent of the Minister for Education” after “the Minister”, and

(ii) in paragraph (b)(ii), by the insertion of “with, in so far as the corporate plan relates to the education welfare functions of the Agency, the consent of the Minister for Education” after “the Minister”.