CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 2004 - SECT 247

CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 2004 - SECT 247

247 .         Effect of provision requiring document to be given to particular person or child

        (1)         A person is not required to comply with a provision of this Act that requires the person to give a document to another person, or to ensure that a document is given to another person, if, after reasonable inquiries, the other person cannot be found.

        (2)         Subsection (1) does not apply if the document is to be given to a party to protection proceedings.

        Note for this subsection:

                Section 154 gives the Children’s Court power to dispense with service in protection proceedings.

        (3)         Without limiting subsection (1), a person is not required to comply with a provision of this Act that requires the person to give a document to a child, or to ensure that a document is given to a child, if the person considers that the child does not have sufficient maturity to understand the document or the matter to which the document relates.