Official Govt & Legal Notices For Jan 7 2025
The official Government and Legal notices for today [Jan 7] include contracts, public notification and notification of planning applications registered.
PATI Notice Attorney General’s Chambers
- Notice type: Government Notice
- Notice sub type: PATI Contracts valued $50,000 or more
- Notice ID: GN0012/2025
- Public Authorities / Department: Attorney-General’s Chambers
- Publication date: 07 January, 2025
Bermuda
Public Access To Information [Contracts Valued $50,000 Or More]
Attorney General’s Chambers Notice 2023
GN / 2024
The Solicitor General who has supervision of the Civil Advisory Section at The Attorney General’s Chambers], in exercise of the power conferred by section 6[6] of the Public Access to Information Act 2010, gives the following Notice:
Citation
This Notice may be cited as the Public Access to Information [Information Statement- Contracts Valued $50,000 or More] The Attorney General’s Chambers Notice 2023.
Contracts to which this Notice applies
This Notice applies to the contracts contained in the following Table:
Table
| Name of Contractor/ Contracting Parties | Contract Start Date | Contract End Date | Description of Goods/ Services Provided | Contract Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LexisNexis | 21st October, 2024 | 20th October, 2025 | Electronic collection of annotated legislation, cases, forms and commentary | $99,599.56 |
Made this 27th day of December, 2024
PATI Notice Attorney Generals Chambers
- Notice type: Government Notice
- Notice sub type: PATI Contracts valued $50,000 or more
- Notice ID: GN0011/2025
- Public Authorities / Department: Attorney-General’s Chambers
- Publication date: 07 January, 2025
Bermuda
Public Access To Information [Contracts Valued $50,000 Or More]
Attorney General’s Chambers Notice 2024
GN / 2024
The Acting Chief Parliamentary Counsel who has supervision of the Legislative Drafting Section at The Attorney General’s Chambers, in exercise of the power conferred by section 6[6] of the Public Access to Information Act 2010, gives the following Notice:
Citation
This Notice may be cited as the Public Access to Information [Information Statement- Contracts Valued $50,000 or More] The Attorney General’s Chambers Notice 2024.
Contracts to which this Notice applies
This Notice applies to the contracts contained in the following Table:
Table
| Name of Contractor/ Contracting Parties | Contract Start Date | Contract End Date | Description of Goods/ Services Provided | Contract Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irosoft Inc. | 1st April, 2024 | 31st March, 2025 | Legislative Information Management System [LIMS] software used to draft, amend and publish the laws of Bermuda | $207,033.85 |
| Cathryn Balfour-Swain | 1st January, 2024 | 31st December, 2024 | Independent Legal Services | $78,635.51 |
Made this 27th day of December, 2024.
__________________________________________
Lauren Francis
Acting Chief Parliamentary Counsel who has supervision of the Legislative Drafting Section at Attorney General’s Chambers
PATI Statement The Department Of Child And Family Services
- Notice type: Government Notice
- Notice sub type: Public Notification
- Notice ID: GN0010/2025
- Public Authorities / Department: Child and Family Services
- Publication date: 07 January, 2025
Public Access to Information
Information Statement
Name of Public Authority: The Department of Child and Family Services
Introduction:
The Department of Child and Family Services has a legal duty under the Public Access to Information Act 2010 to maintain and update annually an Information Statement. This will facilitate easy access to information by the public and increase the accountability and transparency of the Department, which will endeavor to proactively publish as much information as possible.
The purpose of this Information Statement is to outline the information held by the Department of Child and Family Services which will be readily available to the public under the PATI Act 2010. The Act requires each public authority to prepare an information statement describing the following information about the authority:
Structure, organization, and governing legislation;
Functions, powers, duties and obligations;
Summary of services provided;
Classes of records held, in order to facilitate the exercise of right of access;
Administrative manuals;
Policies, rules and guidelines used for decision making;
Name and contact information of the person designated by a public authority as the person to whom requests for information are to be directed;
Any other information that the head of the authority considers relevant, in order to facilitate the exercise of the right of access;
Any other information that may be prescribed.
Contact Information:
Address:
The Department of Child & Family Services
Custom House
131 Front Street
Hamilton HM 12
Telephone: 441-296-7575
Facsimile: 441-296-7942
Section A: Structure, Organization and Legislation [s5[1]a]
The Department of Child and Family Services falls under the Ministry of Youth, Social Development and Seniors. The organizational chart for the Department is as follows:
Effective August 2022 Mirrors was transferred to the Department of Child and Family Services. Amendments to the official organizational chart to include Mirrors is pending.
The principal legislation that relates to the mandate of the Department of Child and Family Services is as follows:
Children Act 1998
Children Amendment Act 2002
Adoption of Children Act 2006
Adoption of Children Rules 2013
Adoption of Children Regulations 2013
Section B: 1] Functions, powers, duties of the Authority [s5[1]b]
The mission of the Department of Child and Family Services is to promote and protect the best
interest of children and families in order to enhance their social functioning and their quality of life.
Policy decisions are made at the ministerial level, with appropriate input and consultation from the Department. Consultation with other government stakeholders and with external stakeholders is sought as appropriate. The Department of Child and Family Services provides timely policy advice to the Permanent Secretary and the Minister of Youth, Social Development and Seniors on a wide range of policy matters regarding children and families.
The Ministry of Youth, Social Development and Seniors Headquarters is responsible for ensuring that appointments are made to Boards and committees under its remit.
Section B: 2] Obligations under PATI Act [s5[1]b]
To provide an information statement for the public and promulgate it [s5],
To provide other information to the public so that the public needs only to have minimum resort to the use of the Act to obtain information [s6]. This includes:
General information, e.g. activities of the Authority
Log of all information requests and their outcome
Quarterly expenditure [upon request] [s6[5]]
Contracts valued at $50,000 or more.
To respond to information requests in a timely manner [s12-16]
To track information requests, and provide this data to the Information Commissioner
To respond to requests from the Information Commissioner [s9]
To amend personal information held by the Authority that it is wrong or misleading following a written request by the person to whom the information relates [s19]
To conduct an internal review, if formally requested [part 5]
To give evidence for review by the Information Commissioner [part 6, 47[4]], or for judicial review [s49], if required
To provide an annual written report to the Information Commissioner of the status of information requests [s58 [3]].
To do anything else as required under the PATI Act and subsequent Regulations [s59, 60], including:
Fees for requests for information
Management and maintenance of records
Procedures for administering the Act
To train staff and make arrangements so as to facilitate compliance with the Act [s61]
To designate one of its officers to be the person to whom requests are directed [s62]
Section C: Services and Programmes [s5[1]c]
Services:
The Department of Child and Family Services is responsible for promoting and protecting the best interest of children, adolescents; adults and families in order to enhance their social functioning and their quality of life. This department provides the following services: Child Protection Assessment and Investigation Services, Family Preservation Services, Foster Care, Residential Group Home Care, Counseling and Life Skills Services for children and families, Court Social Work Services, Psycho-Educational Services, Day Care Services and the Mirrors Programme.
The Department ensures that services are administered in a manner consistent with the Financial Instructions as set by the Accountant General’s Department. The Department of Child and Family Services establishes appropriate and reasonable procedures for measuring the effectiveness of delivery of services, and provides information pamphlets for dissemination to the general public. Seven programmes under the remit of the Department of Child and Family Services have achieved accreditation under the Bermuda National Standards Committee [BNSC] a local affiliate of the Council on Accreditation.
Programmes:
The Department of Child and Family Services is responsible for the operation of the following Programmes:
Intake Services – the Intake Section is comprised of Screening, Investigations and Assessment teams. Upon receipt of a complaint from the community, the goal of the Intake process is to screen, assess and investigate a child or children’s immediate safety and risk of future harm.
Family Preservation Services – Family Preservation Services is responsible for providing intervention to monitor and ensure the safety of children at risk of abuse or neglect, assist families to improve family functioning, increase child well-being, reduce the need for placement in out of home care [foster care, residential group home care or psychoeducational services], and to enable children in out of home care to return safely to their families.
Foster Care Services – Foster Care Services provides children and youth with protection, care, and nurturance by licensed foster parents in private homes. Foster care is used for children when a Safety Assessment decision results in a placement to ensure a child’s safety. Foster care provides a safe, supportive and therapeutic environment for a child, while working towards either family reunification or an alternative permanency option.
Residential Treatment Services provides group home living, individual and group counseling, family assessments and interventions, educational groups, transitional services and aftercare. Services are provided to adolescents between the ages of twelve [12] and eighteen [18].
Counselling and Life Skills Services provides counseling, support and education for youth and families to manage situational change, improve family functioning, increase awareness of harmful risks related to youth substance misuse, and to improve functioning in daily activities at home, school and in the community. Services are administered through individual, family, and group counseling.
The Happy Valley Child Care Center provides child care and early childhood education to children from infancy to four years of age.
Psycho-Educational Programme provides a collective response to meeting the needs of children who have exhausted the educational and therapeutic service options available in Bermuda.
Court Social Work – The purpose of the Court Social Work Office is for the Court Social Worker to assist the Supreme Court Justices, Magistrates, Department of Immigration and Overseas Social Service Agencies through the use of Social Inquiry Reports, Home Study Reports and Guardian Ad Litem Reports in making custody and/or access arrangements and Adoption orders that are deemed to be in the best interest of the child[ren].
Mirrors Programme – The mission of the Mirrors Programme is to empower young people to reach their potential through personal transformation that promotes healthy relationships. Mirrors’ primary objectives are to improve self-esteem and self-confidence, increase personal development and life skills, and to create healthy relationships between youth and adults. This is achieved through an array of services such as – Senior and Junior SuperCamp Forums, Parent Workshops, 8 Keys of Excellence School Based Programmes, Youth Drop-In Services, Out of School Suspension Support, Peer Forward and the Southland’s Community Service Project.
Section D: Records and documents held [s5[1]d]
Records are held by the Department of Child and Family Services:
General Administration
Organizational Chart
Job Descriptions
Annual Reports
Accreditation Standards
Maintenance of Accreditation Reports
Policy and Procedure Manuals
Meeting agendas
Relevant Legislation
Grant Recipients
Year End Submission
Form Templates
Brochures
Statistical data
The following classes of information are not accessible or are restricted:
Information that could compromise security or confidentiality
Information which is prohibited by law, or exempt under the Public Access to Information Act
Information prohibited by a Court
Information received in confidence
Section E: Administration [all public access] manuals [s5[1]e]
Administrative manuals/guidelines used by the Department of Child and Family Services include the following:
Bermuda Government Procurement and Financial Instructions
Department of Child & Family Services Policy and Procedures Manual/Practice Guide
Structured Decision Making Policy and Procedures Manual
Section F: Decision-making documents [s5[1]f]
Children Act 1998
Children Amendment Act 2002
Adoption of Children Act 2006
Adoption of Children Rules 2013
Adoption of Children Regulations 2013
Department of Child & Family Services Structured Decision Making Manual
Section G: The Department Information officer [s5[1]g]
Mrs. Renee Brown
Senior Programme Manager
Department of Child & Family Services
Custom House
131Front Street
Hamilton HM 12
Contact Number: 441- 296-7575
Email: rnbrown@gov.bm
Section H: Any Other Information [s5[1]h]
N/A
Section I: Information Statement: Copies and Updates [s5[2,3,4,5]]
Every public authority shall update its information statement at least once a year, and make it available for inspection by the public at reasonable times by [s5[1-5], PATI Act]:
Date Information Statement was updated: January 6, 2025
Locations of Information Statement:
Copies of this Information Statement are available at the following sites:
The Department of Child & Family Services: Custom House, 131 Front Street, Hamilton, HM 12
The Bermuda National Library
The Bermuda Archives
The Office of the Information Commissioner
Gov.bm
Signature:
Date:
PATI Department Of Child And Family Services
- Notice type: Government Notice
- Notice sub type: PATI Contracts valued $50,000 or more
- Notice ID: GN0009/2025
- Public Authorities / Department: Child and Family Services
- Publication date: 07 January, 2025
Bermuda
Public Access To Information [Contracts Valued $50,000 Or More] Department Of Child And Family Services Notice 2024
GN / 2024
The Director who has supervision of the Department of Child and Family Services, in exercise of the power conferred by section 6[6] of the Public Access to Information Act 2010, gives the following Notice:
Citation
1. This Notice may be cited as the Public Access to Information [Contracts Valued $50,000 or More] Department of Child and Family Services Notice 2024.
Contracts to which this Notice applies
2. This Notice applies to the contracts contained in the following Table:
| Name of Contractor/ Contracting Parties |
Contract Start Date |
Contract End Date |
Description of Goods/ Services Provided |
Contract value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxbow Academy | February 7, 2024 | January 31, 2025 | Residential, Counselling, Therapy, Educational and Academic Services. Therapeutic Program | $186,600.00 |
| Uinta Academy RTC | April 8, 2024 | March 31, 2025 | Residential, Counseling and Therapeutic Services, Educational and Academic Services, Psychiatric evaluations and assessments | $207,525.00 |
| The King’s Daughters’ School | June 25, 2024 | July 31, 2025 | Specialized, Comprehensive Residential Education Program | $114,000.00 |
| Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health – Florida | July 1, 2024 | June 30, 2025 | Residential, Academic & Educational Services, Psychiatric, Therapeutic Program | $273,750.00 |
| Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health – Florida | July 1, 2024 | September 6, 2024 | Residential, Academic & Educational Services, Psychiatric, Therapeutic Program | $51,000.00 |
| Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health – Florida | July 1, 2024 | June 30, 2025 | Residential, Academic & Educational Services, Psychiatric, Therapeutic Program | $273,750.00 |
| Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health – Florida | July 2, 2024 | June 30, 2025 | Residential, Academic & Educational Services, Psychiatric, Therapeutic Program | $273,750.00 |
| Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health – The Glenholme School | September 7, 2024 | June 30, 2025 | Therapeutic boarding school | $177,600.00 |
| Willowbank Resort | October 10, 2024 | October 25, 2024 | Mirrors Programme Community Program Senior Forum Residential | $70,426.43 |
Made this 3rd day of January, 2025
Mr. Alfred Maybury
Director who has supervision of the Department of Child and Family Services
List of Planning Applications Advertised on January 7, 2025
- Notice type: Government Notice
- Notice sub type: Notification of Planning Applications Registered
- Notice ID: GN0008/2025
- Public Authorities / Department: Planning
- Publication date: 07 January, 2025
The applications shown below are available for review on the Department of Planning’s Customer Self Service Portal [https://planningenergov.gov.bm/EnerGov_Prod/SelfService#/home], or between the hours of 8:45 am and 4:30 pm week days at the Department of Planning, 5th Floor, Dame Lois Browne Evans Building, 58 Court Street, Hamilton HM 12.
Any person wishing to object must do so within 14 days of the date advertised.
For further information on the objection procedure see the Development and Planning [Applications Procedure] Rules 1997 and the Objections Guidance Note found on the Department website [www.planning.gov.bm].
Sandys
P0358‑24
Craig and Tamara Smith
27 Peace Haven Drive Sandys
Proposed Single and Second Storey Additions to existing dwelling house [1 Unit Total], New Plunge Pool. Boulder Revetement.
Proposed Dock 200 sq ft. Extend Existing Driveway.
[Final Approval]
Paget
S0029‑24
Heather Woolf/Ms. Crouch & Rego
1 Cobbs Hill & 4/6 Harbour Road
Boundary Adjustment Between #1 Cobbs Hill Road and #4 & #6 Harbour Road
[Final Approval]
Hamilton
P0378‑24
James Balfour
3 Long Lane Hamilton
Proposed Internal Reconfigurations and Additions to Existing House, New Two‑Storey Cottage, Replacement Pool and Landscaping [Two Units Total].
[Final Approval]
List of Planning Applications Advertised on January 7, 2025
- Notice type: Government Notice
- Notice sub type: Notification of Planning Applications Registered
- Notice ID: GN0013/2025
- Public Authorities / Department: Planning
- Publication date: 07 January, 2025
- Amended Notice ID: GN0008/2025
The applications shown below are available for review on the Department of Planning’s Customer Self Service Portal [https://planningenergov.gov.bm/EnerGov_Prod/SelfService#/home], or between the hours of 8:45 am and 4:30 pm week days at the Department of Planning, 5th Floor, Dame Lois Browne Evans Building, 58 Court Street, Hamilton HM 12.
Any person wishing to object must do so within 14 days of the date advertised.
For further information on the objection procedure see the Development and Planning [Applications Procedure] Rules 1997 and the Objections Guidance Note found on the Department website [www.planning.gov.bm].
Paget
S0029‑24
Heather Woolf/Ms. Crouch & Rego
1 Cobbs Hill & 4/6 Harbour Road Paget
Boundary Adjustment Between #1 Cobbs Hill Road and #4 & #6 Harbour Road
[Final Approval]
Hamilton
P0378‑24
James Balfour
3 Long Lane Hamilton
Proposed Internal Reconfigurations and Additions to Existing House, New Two‑Storey Cottage, Replacement Pool and Landscaping [Two Units Total].
[Final Approval]
The official notices above have been republished from the relevant section on the official Government website. If you wish to view ‘hard copies’, the Department of Libraries & Archives prints them and you can visit the main library on Queen Street or the Government Archives in the Government Administration Building on Parliament Street to view them.
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