New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CHILDREN (CARE AND PROTECTION) ACT 1987 - SECT 90

90 Guardianship of wards

(1) The Minister is the guardian of a ward, and, subject to this Act, has the custody of a ward to the exclusion of any other person, until:

(a) the ward attains the age of 18 years,

(b) the guardianship of the Minister:

(i) is terminated by the Minister under subsection (2), or

(ii) is terminated by the Supreme Court in the exercise of its jurisdiction with respect to the custody and guardianship of children, or

(c) the ward ceases to be a ward by virtue of any other provision of this Act,

whichever first occurs.

(2) The Minister may terminate the Minister’s guardianship of a ward.

(3) Where the Minister terminates the Minister’s guardianship of a child who is a ward, the child ceases to be a ward.

(4) The guardianship of a child who has ceased to be a ward shall be determined as if the child had never been a ward.