New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CHILDREN (CARE AND PROTECTION) ACT 1987 - SECT 19

19 Children in alternative care

(1) The Director-General shall maintain a register in which shall be entered particulars of every child who has been a child in alternative care for a continuous period of 14 days or more.

(2) The Director-General may, in respect of any child in alternative care other than a ward or protected person, grant an allowance to any person having the care of the child for any period during which the child is in that person’s care.

(3) If an allowance under subsection (2) was being paid in respect of a person immediately before the person attained the age of 18 years, the Director-General may:

(a) for the purpose of securing education or vocational training on a full-time basis for the person, and

(b) subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by the regulations and to such additional conditions as the Director-General may determine,

from time to time, and for periods not exceeding 6 months at any one time, continue to pay an allowance in respect of the person for any period during which the person is residing in the home of the person to whom the allowance is granted.

(4) In this section, a reference to a child in alternative care is a reference to:

(a) a child who resides in a facility, otherwise than as a member of the household of any other person who resides there,

(b) a child who has been placed in the care or custody of a person under Part 5 or 6,

(c) a child who is in the care of the Director-General under Part 5,

(d) a child who resides in a licensed residential child care centre, otherwise than as a member of the household of any other person who resides there,

(e) a child who is in the care of a person in whose care the child has been placed by an authorised private fostering agency, or

(f) a child (other than a child referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e)) who:

(i) is in the care of a person (other than a person to whom the child is related) belonging to such class of persons as may be prescribed by the regulations, or

(ii) is residing at such premises, or at premises belonging to such class of premises, as may be prescribed by the regulations, otherwise than as a member of the household of any other person who resides there.