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→Child protection
On 1 October 2002, the Children's Commissioner, who investigated serious injuries or deaths suffered by children, and the Office of the Child, Youth and Family Advocate, which investigated issues involving children in the care of or involved with governmental and private agencies, were replaced by the Office for Children and Youth. On 18 May 2006, this was in turn replaced by the [http://www.rcybc.ca Representative for Children and Youth], operating under the ''[http://canlii.ca/t/84nt Representative for Children and Youth Act]''. The goals of the representative, who has significant oversight powers, are to:
The provincial ''[http://canlii.ca/t/84dv Child, Family and Community Service Act]'' gives the government, specifically the [http://www.gov.bc.ca/mcf/ Ministry for Children and Family Development], the power to apprehend intervene when children are believed to be suffering from child abuse or neglect, or who are at risk of child suffering from abuse or neglect. The act regulates the conditions under which child protection workers may intervene, when children can be seized, the conditions in which they children may be placed in the care of the government, and specifies the authority and powers of child protection workers.
===Enforcement of support obligations===