The Minister may, where appropriate after consultation with the Ministers of Education, Health and Justice and Constitutional Development, in terms of section 306 make regulations prescribing—
| (a) | the procedure to be followed in connection with the lodging and consideration of— |
| (i) | applications for registration of child and youth care centres; |
| (ii) | applications for renewal or amendment of such registrations; and |
| (iii) | objections to applications made in terms of sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii); |
| (b) | the national norms and standards that child and youth care centres must comply with; |
| (c) | the conditions with which applicants must comply before, during or after the lodging of their applications; |
| (d) | consultation processes that must be followed in connection with such applications; |
| (e) | any additional factors that must be taken into account when deciding such applications; |
| (f) | the procedure to be followed and the fees to be paid in connection with the lodging and consideration of appeals in terms of this Chapter; |
| (g) | the format and contents of registration certificates; |
| (h) | methods and procedures to enforce compliance with registration conditions; |
| (i) | matters in connection with the physical attributes, operation and management of child and youth care centres, including the number of staff appointed at or designated to a child and youth care centre; |
| (j) | matters in connection with residential care programmes provided at child and youth care centres, including the setting of criteria for— |
| (i) | the core components of such programmes; and |
| (ii) | the implementation of such programmes; |
| (k) | the provision of programmes at child and youth care centres to meet the developmental, therapeutic and recreational needs of children; |
| (l) | assessment of and the formulation of an individual developmental and permanency plan for each child; |
| (m) | the powers and duties of the management boards of child and youth care centres; |
| (n) | the composition of management boards, which may include representation for staff and residents; |
| (o) | matters relating to members of management boards, including— |
| (i) | appointment procedures; |
| (ii) | qualifications for membership; |
| (iv) | filling of vacancies; and |
| (v) | suspension or termination of membership; |
| (p) | matters relating to the functioning of management boards, including— |
| (i) | designation and functions of presiding members; |
| (ii) | the convening and conduct of meetings; |
| (iv) | the appointment and functioning of committees of a board; |
| (q) | matters relating to training, qualifications and experience of staff of child and youth care centres; |
| (r) | matters relating to the responsibilities of and interaction between the management board and the staff and residents of a child and youth care centre; |
| (s) | the reporting responsibilities of management boards and staff to the department, person or organisation operating the child and youth care centre; |
| (t) | the format of the constitution or founding document of a child and youth care centre and the matters to be regulated in such constitution or founding document; |
| (u) | the rights of children in child and youth care centres; |
| (v) | management, disciplinary and other practices in child and youth care centres; |
| (w) | matters in connection with quality assurance processes and organisational development plans established in terms of such processes for child and youth care centres, including— |
| (i) | the composition of teams to conduct internal and independent assessments; |
| (ii) | the qualifications of team members and the remuneration payable to members of independent teams; |
| (iii) | the manner in which internal and independent assessments must be conducted; |
| (iv) | the core components of organisational development plans; |
| (v) | the implementation, revision and amendment of such plans; |
| (vi) | the monitoring of implementation and reporting of violations of such plans; and |
| (vii) | the qualifications, functions and remuneration of mentors appointed to oversee the implementation of such plans; and |
| (x) | any other matter that may facilitate the implementation of this Chapter. |
