CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS (CARE AND PROTECTION) ACT 1998 - SECT 151
Making of temporary care arrangements
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS (CARE AND PROTECTION) ACT 1998 - SECT 151
Making of temporary care arrangements
151 Making of temporary care arrangements
(1) The Secretary may make a
temporary care arrangement in respect of a child or young person if the child
or young person is, in the opinion of the Secretary, in need of care and
protection.
(2) The Secretary-- (a) has the care responsibility of a child or
young person who is the subject of a temporary care arrangement, and
(b) may
delegate that care responsibility only to an authorised carer.
(3) The
Secretary must not, in the case of a child, make a temporary care arrangement
in respect of the child unless-- (a) a parent of the child consents to the
arrangement and a permanency plan involving restoration is in place in
relation to the child, or
(b) the parents of the child are, in the opinion of
the Secretary, incapable of consenting to the arrangement.
(4) The
regulations may make provision for or with respect to temporary care
arrangements under this Division.
