From 1 July 2010, the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (the GIPA Act) requires the Department's Business Centres to publish 'open access information' on their websites unless there is an overriding public interest against disclosing this information.

Open access information includes policy documents and documents created by the Business Centre that are tabled in Parliament.

To view Children's Court Policy Documents and Tabled Documents, select a link below.


Policy Documents

• Care Practice and Procedure Manual

Practice Notes
• Practice Note No. 1 Youth Drug and Alcohol Court.
• Practice Note No. 2 Initiating Report and Service of the relevant portion of the Community Services file in Care Proceedings
• Practice Note No. 3 Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures in the Children's Court
• Practice Note No. 4 Short Term Care Orders Pilot Project (PDF, 1mb)
• Practice Note No. 5 Case Management in Care Proceedings [PDF, 3.56MB]
• Practice Note No. 6 Children's Court Clinic Assessment Applications and Attendance of Authorised Clinicians at Hearings, Dispute Resolution Conferences and External Mediation Conferences [PDF, 1.28MB]
• Practice Note No. 7 Legal Representation for Children and Young Person in Proceedings for Compulsory Schooling Orders