The Law of the Child (Foster Care Pacement) (Amendments) Regulations, 2019

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Jurisdiction: Tanzania
Instrument: Regulation
Citation: The Law of the Child (Foster Care Pacement) (Amendments) Regulations, 2019
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Language: en
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This section gives the short title of the Regulations and says they must be read together with the 2012 principal Regulations. This section amends foster care travel and notification rules: a child under foster care cannot travel outside the district, region, or country without the Commissioner for Social Welfare, and a foster parent must promptly notify the Social Welfare Officer of address changes and give at least 60 days’ notice before moving or travelling away. This section amends regulation 15 by renumbering repeated subregulations (2), (3), and (4) as subregulations (6), (7), and (8). This section amends the principal Regulations by deleting regulation 20 and replacing it with new text beginning with “Offences”. A person who breaches a regulation without a specific penalty commits an offence and can be fined, imprisoned for up to three months, or both.

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These Regulations may be cited as the Law of the
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AI-assisted research summary: This section gives the short title of the Regulations and says they must be read together with the 2012 principal Regulations.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Law of the Child (Foster Care Placement) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 and shall be read as one with the Law of the Child (Foster Care Placement) Regulations, 2012 hereinafter referred to as the “principal Regulations”.
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Section 2
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AI-assisted research summary: This section amends foster care travel and notification rules: a child under foster care cannot travel outside the district, region, or country without the Commissioner for Social Welfare, and a foster parent must promptly notify the Social Welfare Officer of address changes and give at least 60 days’ notice before moving or travelling away.

2. The principal Regulations are amended in regulation 11- (a) in sub regulation (1), by deleting the words “corporal punishment or” appearing in paragraph (f); (b) by deleting sub regulation (2) and substituting or it the following: “(2) A child under foster care shall not be taken or let to travel out of the district or region of residence or outside the country without the Commissioner for Social Welfare.”; and (c) by deleting sub regulation (3) and substituting or the written permission of it the following: “(3) A foster parent shall notify the Social Welfare Officer of any change of address within the district of residence immediately, and shall give reasonable notice of not less than sixty days of the intention to move or travel out of the district of residence or outside the country.”. 1 Law of the Child (Foster Care Pacement)(Amendment) GN. NO. 71 (Contd) Amendment of Regulation 15
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The principal Regulations are amended
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AI-assisted research summary: This section amends regulation 15 by renumbering repeated subregulations (2), (3), and (4) as subregulations (6), (7), and (8).

3. The principal Regulations are amended in regulation 15, by re-designating the contents of the repeated sub regulations (2), (3) and (4) as contents of sub regulations (6), (7) and (8) respectively. Amendment of regulation 20
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The principal Regulations are amended by deleting
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AI-assisted research summary: This section amends the principal Regulations by deleting regulation 20 and replacing it with new text beginning with “Offences”.

4. The principal Regulations are amended by deleting regulation 20 and substituting for it the following: “Offences
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AI-assisted research summary: A person who breaches a regulation without a specific penalty commits an offence and can be fined, imprisoned for up to three months, or both.

20. Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of these Regulations where no specific penalty has been provided commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not more than three months or to both.”. Dodoma, 3 December, 2018 UMMY A. MWALIMU Minister for Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children 2

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