C37

Prospective affecting provision: section inserted by Child Care (Amendment) Act 2022 (21/2022), s. 7, not commenced as of date of revision.

F263[35J.—(1) The Minister may, for the purpose of promoting high professional standards and good practice on the part of guardians ad litem, make regulations relating to the standard of performance by guardians ad litem of their functions under this Act, and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, such regulations may:

(a) specify the standards to be applied to guardians ad litem in the performance by them of their functions under this Act;

(b) make provision for the training of guardians ad litem;

(c) make provision for codes of conduct for guardians ad litem;

(d) make provision for the procedures that are to apply to monitor, measure and evaluate the performance by guardians ad litem of their functions under this Act;

(e) make provision for the establishment and administration of a system of investigation and adjudication of complaints against guardians ad litem;

(f) make provision for the procedures that are to apply in respect of the keeping of records by guardians ad litem;

(g) specify such fees and expenses to be paid to guardians ad litem as the Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, from time to time determine;

(h) make provision for such matters of procedure and administration as appear to the Minister to be necessary or expedient in respect of the provision, or arrangement for the provision of, legal advice to, and legal representation for, guardians ad litem;

(i) make provision for such other matters as the Minister considers necessary to ensure that guardians ad litem are capable of performing their functions under this Act.

(2) Regulations under this section may make different provision in relation to different classes of persons and different classes of proceedings, and contain such incidental, supplementary and consequential provisions as appear to the Minister to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of the regulations.]