The Law of the Child (Children’s Homes) (Amendments) Regulations, 2019

These Regulations may be cited by name and are to be read together with the 2012 principal Regulations.

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Jurisdiction: Tanzania
Instrument: Regulation
Citation: The Law of the Child (Children’s Homes) (Amendments) Regulations, 2019
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Language: en
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These Regulations may be cited by name and are to be read together with the 2012 principal Regulations. This section replaces the enabling provision with a statement that the regulations are made under sections 145 and 157(i). This provision amends regulation 7 of the principal Regulations, including changing the wording about obtaining a license to operate a children’s home and deleting paragraph (d). This provision adds a new regulation 7A after regulation 7, titled “Requirement for owner’s new children’s home.” A new children’s home licensee must send staff names and credentials to the Social Welfare Officer within six months of getting the license, and must not admit a child until the regulation’s requirements are met.

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These Regulations may be cited as the Law of
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AI-assisted research summary: These Regulations may be cited by name and are to be read together with the 2012 principal Regulations.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Law of the Child (Children’s Homes) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 and shall be read as one with the Law of the Child (Children’s Homes) Regulations, 2012 hereinafter referred to as the “principal Regulations”.
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The principal Regulations are amended by
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AI-assisted research summary: This section replaces the enabling provision with a statement that the regulations are made under sections 145 and 157(i).

2. The principal Regulations are amended by deleting the enabling provision and substituting for it the following: “(Made under sections 145 and 157(i))”
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The principal Regulations are amended in
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AI-assisted research summary: This provision amends regulation 7 of the principal Regulations, including changing the wording about obtaining a license to operate a children’s home and deleting paragraph (d).

3. The principal Regulations are amended in regulation 7, by- (a) deleting the opening words of the regulation and substituting for it the following: “7. A person shall, in order to obtain a license to operate a children’s home, demonstrate-” (b) adding the article “and” at the end of paragraph (b); (c) deleting the semicolon (;) and the article “and” appearing at the end of paragraph (c) and substituting for them a full stop (.); and (d) deleting paragraph (d). 1 Law of the Child (Children’s Homes)(Amendment) GN. NO. 69 (Contd) Addition of regulation 7A
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The principal Regulations are amended by
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AI-assisted research summary: This provision adds a new regulation 7A after regulation 7, titled “Requirement for owner’s new children’s home.”

4. The principal Regulations are amended by adding, immediately after regulation 7, a new regulation 7A as follows: “Requirement for owner’s new children’s home
7A
A licensee of a
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AI-assisted research summary: A new children’s home licensee must send staff names and credentials to the Social Welfare Officer within six months of getting the license, and must not admit a child until the regulation’s requirements are met.

7A. A licensee of a new children’s home shall, within six months of being granted the license, submit a list of staff and their credentials to the Social Welfare Officer and shall not admit a child to the the staffing Home until under requirements Regulation are fulfilled.” 10 Amendment of Regulation 15
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The principal Regulations are amended in
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AI-assisted research summary: This provision amends Regulation 15(1) by replacing a longer phrase with “form identical to Form No. 10”.

5. The principal Regulations are amended in Regulation 15(1), by deleting the words “forms identical to Form No. 10 and Form No. 11 respectively” appearing in paragraph (a) and substituting for them the words “form identical to Form No. 10”. Amendment of Regulation 18
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The principal Regulations are amended in
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AI-assisted research summary: This provision amends Regulation 18 by correcting punctuation and deleting specified paragraphs and repeated subregulations.

6. The principal Regulations are amended in Regulation 18- (a) in sub regulation (7), by- (i) (ii) deleting the hyphen (-) appearing at the end of the opening phrase and substituting for it a full stop(.); and deleting paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), and (k) respectively; (b) by deleting the repeated sub regulations (2), (3), (4), (5), (6) and (7) respectively. Amendment of Regulation 19
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The principal Regulations are amended in
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AI-assisted research summary: This section amends Regulation 19 to state that male children aged four years and above must not sleep in the same room or dormitory as female children aged four years and above.

7. The principal Regulations are amended in Regulation 19- (a) in sub regulation (1) - (i) in paragraph (a), by- 2 Law of the Child (Children’s Homes)(Amendment) GN. NO. 69 (Contd) (aa) deleting the words “there shall be” appearing in sub paragraph (i) and substituting for them the words “availability of”; (bb) deleting the words “there shall be” appearing in sub paragraph (ii); (cc) deleting the words “there shall be” appearing in sub paragraph (iii); and (dd) deleting sub paragraph (iv); in paragraph (b), by deleting the words “shall be provided”; (b) in sub regulation (2), by- immediately after inserting, the opening words of the sub regulation, a new paragraph (a) as follows: male children who have attained the age of four years are not to be allowed to sleep in the same room or dormitory where female children who have attained the age of four years and above sleep; re-designating of the paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) as contents of paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i) and (j) respectively. contents (ii) (i) “(a) (ii) Amendment of Regulation 30
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The principal Regulations are amended in
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AI-assisted research summary: A person entitled to complain must lodge the complaint in writing or orally with the welfare committee.

8. The principal Regulations are amended in Regulation 30- (a) in sub regulation (2), by inserting the words “the child,” between the words “by” and “a”; (b) by deleting sub regulations (3) and (4) and substituting for them the following: “(3) A person entitled to make a complaint shall lodge the complaint in writing or orally to the welfare committee established as 3 Law of the Child (Children’s Homes)(Amendment) GN. NO. 69 (Contd) such in terms of section 134 of the Act. procedure (4) The for determination and award of a welfare committee shall be as prescribed in Regulations governing welfare committees.” Addition of regulation 30A Amendment of Schedules

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The principal Regulations are amended by
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AI-assisted research summary: This provision amends the principal Regulations by inserting a new regulation 30A titled “Appeal against complaint.”

9. The principal Regulations are amended by immediately after regulation 30, a new adding, regulation 30A as follows: “Appeal against complaint
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Any person
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AI-assisted research summary: A person aggrieved by a welfare committee decision may appeal to the Minister within 21 days of receiving that decision.

30A. Any person aggrieved by the decision of a welfare committee may, within twenty one days from receipt of the decision of the committee, appeal to the Minister.”
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The principal Regulations are amended in the
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AI-assisted research summary: This section amends the principal Regulations by replacing “Rule” with “Regulation” in the Schedules and by changing a Fourth Schedule provision in C.H.Form No. 10 to “(Regulation 15(1)(a)”.

10. The principal Regulations are amended in the Schedules- (a) by deleting the word “Rule” wherever it appears in the enabling provisions of the Schedules and substituting for it the word “Regulation”; and (b) in the Fourth Schedule, by deleting the enabling provision appearing in C.H.Form No. 10 and substituting for it the following: “(Regulation 15(1)(a)”. UMMY A. MWALIMU Dodoma, 3 December, 2018 Minister for Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children 4

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