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Amendment of section 157 of Principal Act
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12. Section 157 of the Principal Act is amended—
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(a) by the insertion of the following definitions:
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“ ‘amalgamation date’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 163A;
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‘amalgamation order’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 163A;
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‘amalgamated school’ is a children detention school that is formed by the amalgamation of 2 or more children detention schools pursuant to an amalgamation order;
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‘Appeal Tribunal’ shall be construed in accordance with section 201D;
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‘approved absence’ means the absence of a child from a children detention school under section 202, 203, 204, 205 or 207, as the case may be;
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‘disciplinary breach’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 201;
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‘Inspector’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 186A;
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‘Minister’ means the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs;”,
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and
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(b) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “child”:
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“ ‘child’ means—
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(a) a person under the age of 18 years in relation to whom a children detention order is in force,
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(b) a person of 18 years or over in relation to whom a children detention order is in force and in relation to whom the Director of a children detention school has made a determination under section 155(5) that is in force, or
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(c) for the purposes of any provision of this Part that applies to a person remanded under section 88 to a remand centre situated in a children detention school, a person who has been so remanded.”.
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