CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 128 Special purpose leave

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 128

(1)     The chief executive may, in writing, on the terms and conditions he or she thinks fit, grant leave of absence to a young person who has been committed to an institution or placed in a shelter for any reason he or she thinks fit, including 1 or more of the following:

        (a)     the education and training of the young person;

        (b)     the employment of the young person;

        (c)     a compassionate reason;

        (d)     the health of the young person;

        (e)     the recreation of the young person;

        (f)     the participation by the young person in a community project or an attendance centre program.

(2)     A period for which a young person is outside an institution on a leave of absence granted under this section is, for this Act, taken to be a period for which the young person was in the institution.

(3)     A young person, or a person with parental responsibility for the young person, may appeal to the court if the chief executive—

        (a)     refuses to grant leave of absence to a young person; or

        (b)     grants leave of absence to a young person for a period that is less than the period requested in respect of the young person.

(4)     On the hearing of an appeal under this section, the court may by order confirm, vary or revoke the decision of the chief executive and may make such other orders as the court considers necessary.