Children (Amendment) Act 2015

Amendment of section 157 of Principal Act

12. Section 157 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by the insertion of the following definitions:

“ ‘amalgamation date’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 163A;

‘amalgamation order’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 163A;

‘amalgamated school’ is a children detention school that is formed by the amalgamation of 2 or more children detention schools pursuant to an amalgamation order;

‘Appeal Tribunal’ shall be construed in accordance with section 201D;

‘approved absence’ means the absence of a child from a children detention school under section 202, 203, 204, 205 or 207, as the case may be;

‘disciplinary breach’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 201;

‘Inspector’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 186A;

‘Minister’ means the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs;”,

and

(b) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “child”:

“ ‘child’ means—

(a) a person under the age of 18 years in relation to whom a children detention order is in force,

(b) a person of 18 years or over in relation to whom a children detention order is in force and in relation to whom the Director of a children detention school has made a determination under section 155(5) that is in force, or

(c) for the purposes of any provision of this Part that applies to a person remanded under section 88 to a remand centre situated in a children detention school, a person who has been so remanded.”.