Implementation of Geneva Conventions Act, 2012
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Children's Act, 2005 (Act No. 38 of 2005)Chapter 13 : Child and Youth Care CentresPart 1 : Establishment and registration of child and youth care centre196. Existing government children’s home, place of safety, secure care facility, school of industry and reform school |
| (1) | As from the date on which section 195 takes effect— |
| (a) | an existing state operated children's home established or deemed to have been established in terms of the Child Care Act must be regarded as having been established in terms of section 195 as a child and youth care centre providing a residential care programme referred to in section 191(2)(a); |
| (b) | an existing state operated place of safety established or deemed to have been established in terms of the Child Care Act must be regarded as having been established in terms of section 195 as a child and youth care centre providing residential care programmes referred to in section 191(2)(c) and (e); |
| (c) | an existing state operated secure care facility established or deemed to have been established in terms of the Child Care Act must be regarded as having been established in terms of section 195 as a child and youth care centre providing a residential care programme referred to in section 191(2)(h); |
| (d) | a government industrial school established in terms of section 33 of the Children's Protection Act, 1913 (Act No. 25 of 1913) and maintained as a school of industries in terms of the Child Care Act must be regarded as having been established in terms of section 195 as a child and youth care centre providing a residential care programme referred to in section 191(2)(7); and |
| (e) | a reformatory established in terms of section 52 of the Prisons and Reformatories Act, 1911 (Act No. 13 of 1911) and maintained as a reform school in terms of the Child Care Act must be regarded as having been established in terms of section 195 as a child and youth care centre providing a residential care programme referred to in section 191(2)(y). |
| (2) | The provincial department of education must provide education to the children in the facilities mentioned in paragraphs (d) and (e). |
| (3) | A school of industries referred to in paragraph (d) and a reform school referred to in paragraph (e) which are the responsibility of a provincial department of education on the date when this section comes into operation becomes the responsibility of a provincial department of social development within two years of the commencement of this chapter. |
| (4) | All existing government children's homes, places of safety, secure care facilities, schools of industries and reform schools must be registered as child and youth care centres within two years of the commencement of this chapter. |
