CHILD PROTECTION ACT 1999 - SECT 82
Placing child in care
CHILD PROTECTION ACT 1999 - SECT 82
Placing child in care
82 Placing child in care
(1) The chief executive may place the child in the care of—
(a) an approved
kinship carer for the child; or
(b) an approved foster carer; or
(c) an
entity conducting a departmental care service; or
(d) a licensee; or
(e) if
it is not possible, or not in the child’s best interests, for the child to
be placed in the care of an entity mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (d) —a
provisionally approved carer for the child; or
(f) if the chief executive is
satisfied another entity would be the most appropriate for meeting the
child’s particular protection and care needs—that entity.
Example for
paragraph (f)—
A particular medical or residential facility may be the most
appropriate entity for a child with a disability.
(2) Also, if the child is
in the chief executive’s custody or guardianship under a child protection
order, the chief executive may place the child in the care of a parent of the
child.
