CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 30 Power to enter agreements for general exercise of parental responsibility
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 30
Power to enter agreements for general exercise of parental responsibility(1) The chief executive may enter into an agreement with an individual or a body (the carer ) for the carer to exercise parental responsibility on behalf of the chief executive.
(2) The chief executive may enter into an agreement with the carer only if the chief executive is satisfied that the carer is a suitable carer to exercise parental responsibility on behalf of the chief executive.
(3) If the chief executive enters into an agreement with the carer, the carer may exercise parental responsibility on behalf of the chief executive in relation to a particular child or young person only if the carer is authorised to do so under section 31.
(4) Section 47 (Suitable entities) applies in deciding whether a carer is suitable to exercise parental responsibility on behalf of the chief executive.