4Objects of community welfare legislation

#### 4 Objects of community welfare legislation 4 Objects of community welfare legislation > > (1) The objects of the community welfare legislation are— > > > > > (a) to promote, protect, develop, maintain and improve the well-being of the people of New South Wales to the maximum extent possible, > > > > > (b) to promote the welfare of the family as the basis of community well-being, > > > > > (c) to ensure the provision, to the maximum extent possible, of services for, and assistance to, persons disadvantaged because of— > > > > > > > (i) lack of adequate family or social support, > > > > > > > (ii) personal or family problems that inhibit adequate social functioning, > > > > > > > (iii) the breakdown of the family as a social unit, > > > > > > > (iv) lack of adequate food, shelter or other basic necessities, > > > > > > > (v) physical or intellectual impairment, > > > > > > > (vi) their being members of an ethnic group which has inadequate access to services or resources available in the community, > > > > > > > (vii) age, whether young, advanced or other, > > > > > > > (viii) lack of information about or access to services or resources available in the community, or > > > > > > > (ix) their residing in places which lack basic services essential to the proper functioning of those persons, > > > > > (d) to promote the welfare of Aborigines on the basis of a recognition of— > > > > > > > (i) Aboriginal culture and identity, > > > > > > > (ii) Aboriginal community structures, > > > > > > > (iii) Aboriginal community standards, > > > > > > > (iv) the rights of Aborigines to raise and protect their own children, and > > > > > > > (v) the rights of Aborigines to be involved in the decision-making processes that affect them and their children, > > > > > (e) to encourage the establishment of community welfare and other services necessary to promote, protect, develop, maintain and improve the well-being of persons, > > > > > (f) to assist and encourage collaboration among persons and organisations engaged in the promotion of community welfare or the provision of community welfare services, > > > > > (g) to promote and encourage research, education, instruction and training in matters relating to community welfare, > > > > > (h) to promote and facilitate the provision by persons and organisations of services to complement any community welfare service, > > > > > (i) to promote the involvement of the community in the provision of community welfare services and in the social development of the community, and > > > > > (j) to co-ordinate the allocation of funds for community welfare services. > > > (2) The provisions of any paragraph of subsection (1) shall not be construed as limiting or being limited by the operation of any other provision of the community welfare legislation. > > > (3) In making any appointment under the community welfare legislation, the Minister shall have regard to the objects specified in subsection (1).