CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS (CARE AND PROTECTION) ACT 1998 - SECT 49
Care of child or young person pending care proceedings
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS (CARE AND PROTECTION) ACT 1998 - SECT 49
Care of child or young person pending care proceedings
(1) If a child or young person is removed from the care of his or her parent
or parents under this Part or a warrant issued under section 233 -- (a) the
child or young person is to be kept at a place approved by the Minister for
the purposes of this section, and (b) the Secretary has the
care responsibility for the child or young person . (2) The Children 's Court
may, by order, vest the care responsibility in a designated agency . (3) The
Secretary or designated agency having the care responsibility for the child or
young person may delegate that responsibility to a relative of the child or
young person , an authorised carer or a person approved by the Children 's
Guardian . (4) Despite subsection (3), the Secretary may delegate the
care responsibility for the child or young person on an interim basis to a
person other than a person specified in subsection (3) but must use his or her
best endeavours to delegate that responsibility to a person so specified as
soon as is reasonably practicable. (5) The exercise of the
care responsibility by a person referred to in subsection (3) or (4) is
subject to any direction given to the person by the Secretary or the
designated agency that made the delegation.
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