Youth Work Act, 2001

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Number 42 of 2001

YOUTH WORK ACT, 2001

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Preliminary

Section
1.	Short title and commencement.
2.	Interpretation.
3.	Definition of “youth work”.
4.	Regulations.
5.	Laying of orders and regulations before Houses of the Oireachtas.
6.	Expenses of Minister.
7.	Repeal of Youth Work Act, 1997.

PART 2

Youth Work Functions of Minister and Vocational Education Committees

8.	Youth work functions of Minister.
9.	Youth work functions of vocational education committee.
10.	Withdrawal or reduction of assistance.
11.	Provision of programmes and services where none currently provided.
12.	Removal of youth work functions of vocational education committee.

PART 3

Youth Work Development Plans, Programmes and Services

13.	Youth Work Development Plan.
14.	Review of Development Plan.
15.	Provision of youth work programmes and youth work services by Minister.

PART 4

Youth Work Officers and Organisations

Assessor of Youth Work

16.	Assessor of Youth Work.

National Youth Work Advisory Committee

17.	National Youth Work Advisory Committee.
18.	Membership of Advisory Committee.

Youth Work Committees

19.	Youth Work Committees.
20.	Membership of Youth Work Committees.

Voluntary Youth Councils

21.	Voluntary Youth Councils.
22.	Composition, election, etc. of Voluntary Youth Councils.
23.	Meetings, etc. of Voluntary Youth Councils.

Prescribed, Authorised, Approved and Designated Youth Organisations

24.	Prescribed National Representative Youth Work Organisation.
25.	Authorisation of organisations.
26.	Approved National Voluntary Youth Work Organisations.
27.	Review of Minister's refusal to approve national youth work organisation.
28.	Withdrawal of approved status from National Voluntary Youth Work Organisations.
29.	Designation of Local Voluntary Youth Work Organisations.
30.	Review of vocational education committee's refusal to designate organisation.
31.	Withdrawal of designated organisation status.

PART 5

Financial

32.	Youth Work Budget.
33.	Supervision of Youth Work Budget.
34.	Grants.
35.	Withdrawal or reduction of grant.

PART 6

General

36.	Directions.
37.	Publication of lists.

SCHEDULE

National Youth Work Advisory Committee

Acts Referred to
	Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act, 1993	1993, No. 8
	Education Act, 1998	1998, No. 51
	Vocational Education Act, 1930	1930, No. 29
	Vocational Education Acts, 1930 to 1999
	Youth Work Act, 1997	1997, No. 30

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Number 42 of 2001

YOUTH WORK ACT, 2001

AN ACT TO EXTEND THE FUNCTIONS OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION COMMITTEES IN RELATION TO YOUTH WORK, TO PROVIDE FOR THE MAKING OF GRANTS IN RESPECT OF YOUTH WORK, TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF AN ASSESSOR OF YOUTH WORK AND HIS OR HER FUNCTIONS UNDER THE ACT, TO ESTABLISH VOLUNTARY YOUTH COUNCILS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND CO-ORDINATION OF ORGANISATIONS AND PERSONS ENGAGED IN YOUTH WORK AND IN THE PROVISION OF YOUTH WORK PROGRAMMES AND YOUTH WORK SERVICES AND FOR THAT PURPOSE TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL YOUTH WORK ADVISORY COMMITTEE, TO REPEAL THE YOUTH WORK ACT, 1997, AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS. [1st December, 2001]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

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