Australian Capital Territory
Children and Young People (Children and Youth Services Council) Establishment 2016 (No 1)*
Notifiable instrument NI2016–139
made under the  
Children and Young People Act 2008, Section 27 (Establishment of Council) 

1	Name of instrument
This instrument is the Children and Young People (Children and Youth Services Council) Establishment 2016 (No 1).
2	Commencement 
This instrument is taken to have commenced on 1 March 2016. 
3	Children and Youth Services Council
I, under the provisions of the Children and Young People Act 2008, establish the Child and Youth Services Council for a period of 12 months until 
28 February 2017.

The purpose of the Children and Youth Services Council is to provide the Minister for Children and Young People with independent advice on the implementation of A Step Up for Our Kids, the ACT Government’s five year strategy for out of home care.

Dr Chris Bourke, MLA
Minister for Children and Young People
22 March 2016