The Children's Act explained
Three booklets introducing the Children’s Act
Highlights
These booklets introduces the Children’s Act and talks about the general principles in the Act.
Booklet 1: Children and parents - rights and responsibilities
Booklet 2: Prevention, intervention and care
Booklet 3: The courts and the protection of children.
All three booklets are important and sometimes you will find that information is repeated in more than one booklet or you are told to look at another booklet to find out more about a specific topic.
To help you on your journey through each of the booklets there are three characters, two who are learners and one who is a teacher. Vusi, Mirasha and Ms Pandori will be there to discuss the Children’s Act with you.
The booklets have been written for children between the ages of 11 and 15 years. However, older children and grown-ups can also benefit by reading it and they may be able to help younger children understand the difficult bits.
The Children’s Act has many chapters and sections; a chapter gives the main headings in the Act and under each heading there are lots of sections; each of them numbered. You will notice that these booklets are also divided into chapters and sections for easy reference to the Act. The booklets do not look at every single chapter or section in the Children’s Act. Only the bits that speak directly to children (and also parents and other adults) are included in the booklets. Because of this you will notice that sometimes the numbers are not always in order and sometimes the numbers ‘jump’ around. We suggest that you have a copy of the Act when reading this guide.
At the back of the booklet there is a glossary that helps explain any difficult words in the Act. There is also a list of useful contact
