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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 20 Parental responsibility for day-to-day care, welfare and development

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 20

Parental responsibility for day-to-day care, welfare and development

(1)     A person with parental responsibility for the day-to-day care, welfare and development of a child or young person has responsibility to make decisions about the following matters for the child or young person:

        (a)     arrangements for, or directions about, his or her care, including, for example, personal appearance or grooming;

        (b)     arrangements for temporary care by someone else (whether the person is in the Territory or elsewhere);

        (c)     arrangements (including admission to hospital) for assessing his or her physical or mental wellbeing;

        (d)     the people with whom the child or young person may, or may not, have contact;

        (e)     day-to-day issues about his or her education, training or employment.

(2)     If the person makes arrangements for assessing the physical or mental wellbeing of the child or young person, subject to an order of any court to the contrary, the person is entitled to any report of the assessment.

(3)     Also, if the person makes a decision about something covered by paragraph (1) (d) or (e), the person is responsible for the arrangements to give effect to the decision.

(4)     This section does not limit the matters for which the person has responsibility to make decisions for the child or young person, but is subject to any court order.