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Families and Children 1 BELIZE: FAMILIES AND CHILDREN (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2021 ARRANGEMENT OF CLAUSES 1.

Short title.

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Repeal and replacement of terms.

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Deletion of definition.

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8.

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Substitution of term.

Substitution of term.

Substitution of term.

Substitution of term.

Substitution of term.

Substitution of term.

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Substitution of term.

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Substitution of term.

12.

Substitution of term.

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Substitution of term.

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Substitution of term.

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Repeal of section 123.

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Repeal of section 132.

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Substitution of term.


2 BELIZE: Families and Children BILL for AN ACT to amend the Families and Children Act Chapter 173 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2011; to substitute the term “approved children home” with the term “residential care facility’ in order to ensure consistency with its use in those laws that refer to residential care facilities; and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
(Gazetted ................................., 2021) BE IT ENACTED, by and with the advice and consent of the House of Representatives and Senate of Belize and by the authority of the same, as follows: Short title.

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This Act may be cited as the FAMILIES AND CHILDREN (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2021, CAP.

173.

Repeal and replacement of terms.

Deletion of definition.

and shall be read and construed as one with the Families and Children Act which, as amended, is hereinafter referred to as the principal Act.
The principal Act is amended in section 2 by repealing the terms 2.

“approved children home” or “Approved children’s homes” or “approved children’s home or “approved agency”, wherever they occur and replacing them with the term “residential care facility”; The principal Act is amended in section 2 by deleting the definition 3. of “Department”.

Amendment of section 9(1) and (4).

The principal Act is amended in section 9(1) and (4) by deleting the 4. word “Department” and substituting the word “Ministry”.
Amendment of section 46(2).

The principal Act is amended in section 46(2) by deleting the word 5.

“Department” and substituting the word “Ministry”.

Families and Children 3 The principal Act is amended in section 47 by deleting the word 6.

“Department” and substituting the word “Ministry”.

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The principal Act is amended in section 99(4) by deleting the word “Department” and substituting the words “Department of Human Services or Community Rehabilitation Department”.

Amendment of section 47.


Amendment of section 99 (4).

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The principal Act is amended in section 98(a) and (b) by deleting the word “Department” and substituting the words “Department of Human Services or Community Rehabilitation Department”.

Amendment of section 98(a) and (b).

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The principal Act is amended in section 98(c) by deleting the word “Department” and substituting the words “Department of Human Services”.

Amendment of section 98(c).

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The principal Act is amended in section 103(1) and (2) by deleting the word “Department” and substituting the words “Department of Human Services or Community Rehabilitation Department”.

Amendment of section 103(1) and (2).

11 The principal Act is amended in section 106(1) by deleting the word ”Department” and substituting the words “Department of Human Services or Community Rehabilitation Department”.

Amendment of section 106(1).

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The principal Act is amended in section 111(1), (2) and (3) by deleting the word “Department” and substituting the words “Department of Human Services or Community Rehabilitation Department”.

Amendment of section 111(1), (2) and (3).

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The principal Act is amended in section 111(4) by deleting the word “Department” and substituting the words “Department of Human Services”.

Amendment of section 111(4).

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The principal Act is amended in section 121 by deleting the word “Department” and substituting the word “Ministry”.

Amendment of section 121.

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The principal Act is amended by repealing section 123.

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The principal Act is amended by repealing section 132.

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The principal Act is amended in section 134(4), by deleting the word “Department” and substituting the words “Department of Human Services”.

Repeal of sections 123.

Repeal of section 132.


Amendment of section 134(4).