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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 15

What is parental responsibility?

In this Act:

"parental responsibility", for a child or young person, means all the duties, powers, responsibilities and authority parents have by law in relation to their children, including the following aspects of parental responsibility:

        (a)     daily care responsibility for the child or young person;

        (b)     long-term care responsibility for the child or young person.

Note     Daily care responsibility is dealt with in s 19.
Long-term care responsibility is dealt with in s 20.



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