CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 497 Annual review report—must be given to certain people
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 497
Annual review report—must be given to certain people(1) The director-general must give an annual review report for a care and protection order for a child or young person to each of the following people:
(a) the child or young person;
(b) each person who has daily care responsibility, or long-term care responsibility, for the child or young person;
(c) each kinship carer or foster carer caring for the child or young person;
(d) the public advocate;
(e) if the child or young person is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person—the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people commissioner.
Note If a provision requires a person to act in relation to a parent of a child or young person, the person is not required to act in relation to the parent if the person cannot after reasonable inquiry find the parent (see s 21).
(2) If requested by the Childrens Court, the director-general must also give an annual review report for a care and protection order for a child or young person to the Childrens Court.
(3) The director-general may also give the annual review report to someone else so that the other person can give the report to a person mentioned in subsection (1).
(4) Before giving an annual review report to someone mentioned in subsection (1) (a), (b) or (c) or subsection (3), the director-general may make minor alterations to the report to protect the privacy and confidentiality of a person named in the report.