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

Regulations

General Regulations Regarding Children, 2010

Chapter 15 : Drop-In Centres (Sections 213-227 of the Act)

92. Application for registration of drop-in centre

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(1)Subject to the provisions of sub-regulation (2), an application for the registration, conditional registration or renewal of registration of a drop-in centre must be lodged with the provincial head of social development of the province where the facility is situated in a form identical to Form 52.

 

(2)If the performance of the functions contemplated in sections 217 and 218 of the Act has been assigned to a municipal manager or delegated to a social service professional in the employ of the municipality, an application contemplated in subregulation (1) must be lodged with the municipal manager of that municipality.

 

(3)An application contemplated in sub-regulation (1) must, in addition to Form 52, be accompanied by the following:
(a)A business plan containing the—
(i)business hours of the drop-in centre;
(ii)staff composition;
(iii)supporting documents of the skills and training of staff members as required by regulation 95;
(iv)disciplinary policy and rules; and
(v)organisational structure.
(b)clearance certificates to the effect that the name of the applicant and the name of any employee do not appear in Part B of the National Child Protection Register or the National Register for Sex Offenders issued by the Director-General and the Director-General of Justice and Constitutional Development, respectively.