CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 2004 - SECT 88F

CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 2004 - SECT 88F

88F .         CEO to decide secure care period for protected child

        (1)         As soon as practicable after making a secure care arrangement in respect of a protected child, the CEO must decide the period (the secure care period ) for which the child is to be kept in a secure care facility under the arrangement.

        (2)         The secure care period must not exceed 21 days unless it is extended under subsection (3).

        (3)         The CEO may extend the secure care period by not more than 21 days if the CEO is satisfied that there are exceptional reasons for doing so.

        (4)         The secure care period cannot be extended under subsection (3) more than once.

        (5)         As soon as practicable after making a decision under subsection (1) or (3), the CEO must give written notice of the decision to the following people —

            (a)         the child to whom the decision relates;

            (b)         each parent of the child;

            (c)         any carer of the child;

            (d)         any other person considered by the CEO to have a direct and significant interest in the wellbeing of the child.

        [Section 88F inserted: No. 49 of 2010 s. 9.]