The Children (Amendment) Act 2015, the Child Care (Amendment) Act 2015 and the Adoption (Amendment) Act 2017 have provisions awaiting commencement as follows:
Children (Amendment) Act 2015
Sections 6 (as it relates to section 88B), 8,9,10,16,18,19 and 26 of the Children (Amendment) Act 2015 relate to the introduction of a new system of remission in the children detention schools and a technical issue relating to the operation of the Children Court on the issuing of detention orders under the Children Act 2001 and have not been commenced. It is intended that the relevant sections of the Children (Amendment) Act 2015 dealing with remission and the issuing of detention orders will be commenced in 2018.
Child Care (Amendment) Act 2015
Section 13 and Schedule 1 Part 1 (insofar as those provisions relate to the amendments specified in items 1, 2, 6 and 9 of that Part of that Schedule) have not yet been commenced. These amendments are technical in nature and will be commenced in line with children's residential centres becoming designated centres under the Health Act 2007.
Adoption (Amendment) Act 2017
A number of definitions in section 3 of the Adoption (Amendment) Act 2017 relate to Parts 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 and will not be commenced until the relevant provisions in that Act are commenced.