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Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998
257Notices and other instruments to be written in other languages
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#### 257 Notices and other instruments to be written in other languages
257 Notices and other instruments to be written in other languages
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> > > (a) the Secretary is required, by or under this Act, to cause a notice or other instrument to be served on a person, and
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> > > (b) it appears to the Secretary that the person is not literate in the English language but is literate in another language,
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> > the Secretary must, in so far as it is reasonably practicable, cause the notice or other instrument to be written in that other language.
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> > (2) The notice or other instrument must be written in such a form that there is a reasonable expectation that its contents will be understood by the person on whom it is served.
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> > (3) Failure to comply with subsection (1) does not invalidate any thing done under any other provision of this Act.