CHILD PROTECTION ACT 1999 - SECT 68 Court’s other powers on adjournment of proceedings for child protection orders

CHILD PROTECTION ACT 1999 - SECT 68

68 Court’s other powers on adjournment of proceedings for child protection orders

(1) On the adjournment of a proceeding for a child protection order, the Childrens Court may also make 1 or more of the following orders—

(a) an order requiring a written social assessment report about the child and the child’s family be prepared and filed in the court;

(b) an order authorising a medical examination or treatment of the child and requiring a report of the examination or treatment be filed in the court;

Note—

Section 97 applies to the medical examination or treatment.

(c) subject to subsection (5) , an order about the child’s contact with the child’s family during the adjournment;

(d) an order requiring the chief executive—

(i) to convene a family group meeting to develop or revise a case plan and file the plan in the court; or

(ii) to convene a family group meeting to consider, make recommendations about, or otherwise deal with, another matter relating to the child’s wellbeing and protection and care needs;

(e) an order that a conference between the parties be held before the proceeding continues to decide the matters in dispute or to try to resolve the matters;

(f) an order under section 110 that the child be separately legally represented.

(2) If the court makes an order under subsection (1) (a) or (b) , the court must state the particular issues the report must address.

(3) Subsection (2) does not limit the issues that may be addressed in the report.

(4) Without limiting subsection (1) (c) , an order mentioned in the paragraph may limit the child’s contact with the child’s family or provide for how the contact is to happen.

(5) The court must not make an order under subsection (1) (c) requiring the chief executive to supervise family contact with the child unless the chief executive agrees to supervise the contact.

(6) To remove any doubt, it is declared that the chief executive may be the subject of an order mentioned in subsection (1) (a) , (b) or (c) even though the chief executive is not a party to the proceeding.