CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 2004 - SECT 68

CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 2004 - SECT 68

68 .         Replacement of protection order: application by CEO

        (1)         The CEO may apply to the Court for the revocation of a protection order and the making of another protection order in respect of a child.

        (2)         An application under subsection (1) must specify the type of protection order sought.

        (3)         If a protection order (special guardianship) is sought, the application must nominate the individual or individuals to whom parental responsibility for the child is proposed to be given under the order.

        (4)         If an application under subsection (1) for the revocation of a protection order (supervision) or a protection order (time-limited) is made but not determined before the day on which the order would otherwise expire, the order remains in force until the application is determined.

        (5)         On an application under subsection (1) the Court may, if satisfied that it is in the best interests of the child to do so, revoke the order and, subject to this Part, make the protection order sought or another protection order in respect of the child.

        [Section 68 amended: No. 49 of 2010 s. 32 and 60.]