Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 345

    (1)     For the care and protection chapters, a child or young person is "in need of care and protection" if—

        (a)     the child or young person is at risk of significant harm; and

        (b)     no-one with parental responsibility for the child or young person is willing and able to protect the child or young person from the risk of significant harm.

    (2)     Without limiting subsection (1), a child or young person is in need of care and protection if—

        (a)     there is a serious or persistent conflict between the child or young person and the people with parental responsibility for the child or young person (other than the director-general) to the extent that the care arrangements for the child or young person are, or are likely to be, seriously disrupted; or

        (b)     the people with parental responsibility for the child or young person are dead, have abandoned the child or young person or cannot be found after reasonable inquiry; or

        (c)     the people with parental responsibility for the child or young person are sexually or financially exploiting the child or young person or not willing and able to keep the child or young person from being sexually or financially exploited.