9Explanatory material for orders

9 Explanatory material for orders

9 Explanatory material for orders

(1) The Minister is to arrange for the preparation and maintenance of material to be given to children the subject of orders under the Act, section 33(1).

(2) The material must be expressed in language readily capable of being understood by children and must include a description of the following in relation to a particular order—

(a) the requirements imposed by the order,

(b) the consequences that may follow if the requirements are not observed,

(c) the rights of appeal in relation to the order,

(d) the rights in relation to the variation of the order,

(e) the grounds on which an application for a variation may be made.

(3) The person responsible for supplying the material to a particular child must make all reasonable efforts to explain the material orally to the child.