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CONSTITUTION The clinic is established by the New South Wales Attorney General under the Children's Court Act 1987 (NSW) . The attorney-general is required to establish the clinic in accordance with the Children's Court Rule 2000 (NSW) . Under the court's rules, the clinic is comprised of the Director of the Children’s Court Clinic and any others persons appointed by the Attorney General. Those other persons are persons considered by the attorney general to be suitable to prepare and submit assessment reports for the court. Presently, the clinic employs a team in Sydney to do its work. It also has a list of 'Authorised Clinicians' who perform work on a contractual basis. They have experience in psychiatry, psychology or social work. JURISDICTION The clinic is required to make clinical assessments of children and report to the children's court on those assessments. The report is given to the children's magistrate, who then determines whether to release to the parties in the case. LOCATION The clinic is located at 2 George St Parramatta REFERENCES
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