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Queensland
Child Protection (Recognition
of Relative Carers)
Amendment Bill 2005
Queensland
Child Protection (Recognition of Relative
Carers) Amendment Bill 2005
Contents
Page
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Insertion of new ch 4A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Chapter 4A Recognition of relative carers
148A Recognition of grandparent, uncle, aunt or sibling as
carer ................................. 4
5 Amendment of s 159 (Payments for care and maintenance) . . . . 5
2005
A Bill
for
An Act to amend the Child Protection Act 1999
s1 4 s4
Child Protection (Recognition of Relative Carers)
Amendment Bill 2005
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
Clause 1 Short title 2
This Act may be cited as the Child Protection (Recognition of 3
Relative Carers) Amendment Act 2005. 4
Clause 2 Commencement 5
This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation. 6
Clause 3 Act amended 7
This Act amends the Child Protection Act 1999. 8
Clause 4 Insertion of new ch 4A 9
After chapter 4-- 10
insert-- 11
`Chapter 4A Recognition of relative 12
carers 13
`148A Recognition of grandparent, uncle, aunt or sibling as 14
carer 15
`(1) A grandparent, uncle, aunt or sibling of a child may apply to 16
the chief executive for recognition of his or her status as the 17
child's carer. 18
`(2) The chief executive may grant recognition if satisfied that the 19
applicant-- 20
(a) is a grandparent, uncle, aunt or sibling of the child; and 21
(b) is a primary carer of the child. 22
`(3) This section is not intended by itself to prevent a child's 23
grandparent, uncle, aunt or sibling from acting as the child's 24
carer without approval or recognition under this Act. 25
s5 5 s5
Child Protection (Recognition of Relative Carers)
Amendment Bill 2005
1
Note--
2
See section 159 for the allowances payable to a person recognised under
3
this section.'.
Clause 5 Amendment of s 159 (Payments for care and 4
maintenance) 5
(1) Section 159(1), after `carer'-- 6
insert-- 7
`or recognised relative carer'. 8
(2) Section 159(2), `chief executive to the person or the person's 9
carer'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`chief executive, or in the care of a recognised relative carer, 12
to the person or the person's carer or recognised relative 13
carer'. 14
(3) Section 159-- 15
insert-- 16
`(4) In this section-- 17
recognised relative carer means a person recognised as a 18
carer under section 148A.'. 19
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