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CHILD PROTECTION ACT 1999 - SECT 51X

51X Report about the review

(1) The report about the review must include the following matters--

(a) the goals in the previous case plan that have been achieved or are yet to be achieved;
(b) any changes to the goals in the revised case plan;
(c) any services provided to the child under the previous case plan or the revised case plan;
(d) the extent to which the living arrangements and contact arrangements under the previous case plan have been meeting the child's needs;
(e) who participated in the review and how they participated, including whether a family group meeting was held and who attended.

(2) The report must also address how the revised case plan gives priority to the child's need for long-term stable care.

(3) For subsection (2), if the child is placed in the care of someone other than a parent of the child under a child protection order granting custody or short-term guardianship of the child, the report must state--

(a) the risks and benefits of returning the child to the care of a parent; and
(b) whether there is a real risk that the child's need for long-term stable care will not be able to be met by returning the child to the care of a parent within a timeframe appropriate to the child's age and circumstances; and
(c) if there is a real risk mentioned in paragraph (b), the progress made in planning for alternative long-term arrangements for the child, for example--
(i) arrangements for the child to live with a member of the child's family under a child protection order granting long-term guardianship of the child; or
(ii) for a young child--arrangements for the child's adoption under the Adoption of Children Act 1964; or
(iii) for an older child--arrangements for the child's transition to independent living.


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