CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 426 Care and protection order—application must state provisions sought and

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 426

    (1)     An application for a care and protection order must state—

        (a)     the provisions proposed to be included in the order; and

        (b)     the grounds on which the care and protection order is sought.

    (2)     An application for a care and protection order with a parental responsibility provision must also state—

        (a)     whether parental responsibility is proposed to be shared or transferred; and

        (b)     each person who is to share parental responsibility; and

        (c)     each person to whom parental responsibility is to be transferred.

Note     The Childrens Court may also include a provision in a care and protection order whether or not anyone applied, or cross-applied, for it (see  s 383).