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CARE AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN ACT 2007 (NO 37 OF 2007) - SECT 264 Grounds for complaint

CARE AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN ACT 2007 (NO 37 OF 2007) - SECT 264

Grounds for complaint

    (1)     The complaint must be made on one or more of the following grounds:

    (a)     a service provider (a responsible service provider ) failed to provide services ( required services ) for the child, as a protected child, that the provider was reasonably expected to provide;

    (b)     the required services provided by the provider for the child failed to meet the standard that was reasonably expected of the provider.

    (2)     Without limiting subsection (1), the required services include any services relating to the care or wellbeing of the child.

Example

A complaint may be made in relation to a child who is housed in sub-standard accommodation while being in the CEO's care.

    (3)     In this Part, a reference to the matter to which the complaint relates is a reference to each failure forming the grounds for the complaint.