CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 21 Parental responsibility for long-term care, welfare and development
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 21
Parental responsibility for long-term care, welfare and development(1) A person with parental responsibility for the long-term care, welfare and development of a child or young person is responsible for making decisions about the following matters for the child or young person:
(a) the administration, management or control of his or her property;
(b) his or her religion and his or her observance of racial, ethnic, religious or cultural traditions;
(c) consent to medical treatment (except as expressly dealt with in this Act);
(d) the issue of a passport (or opposing the issue of a passport) for the child or young person;
(e) long-term issues about his or her education, training or employment;
(f) an aspect of day-to-day parental responsibility that does not belong to someone else.
(2) Subsection (1) is subject to any court order.
(3) Without limiting the scope of subsection (2), the court may order that a person (including the chief executive) with parental responsibility for a child or young person must, if practicable, consult others with parental responsibility for the child or young person before exercising his or her responsibility.
(4) However, the court may not make such an order if the person has parental responsibility under an enduring parental responsibility order.