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Children's Act, 2005 (Act No. 38 of 2005)

Chapter 8 : Prevention and Early Intervention

145. Strategy for securing prevention and early intervention programmes

 

1) The Minister, after consultation with interested persons, and the Ministers of Education, Finance, Health, Provincial and Local Government and Transport, must include in the departmental strategy a comprehensive national strategy aimed at securing the provision of prevention and early intervention programmes to families, parents, care-givers and children across the Republic.

 

2) The MEC for social development must within the national strategy referred to in subsection (1) provide for a provincial strategy aimed at the provision of properly resourced, co-ordinated and managed prevention and early intervention programmes.

 

3) The MEC for social development must compile a provincial profile at the prescribed intervals in order to make the necessary information available for the development and review of the strategies referred to in subsections (1) and (2).