Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 352B

In this Act:

"care and protection purpose", for an organisation—

        (a)     means any of the following purposes:

              (i)     to provide kinship and foster care services;

              (ii)     to provide residential care services;

              (iii)     another purpose prescribed by regulation as a care and protection purpose; but

        (b)     does not include a purpose prescribed by regulation to not be a care and protection purpose.

Note     Organisations approved as suitable entities for the purpose of providing kinship and foster care services or residential care services are dealt with in ch 15. See especially s 502, definitions of approved kinship and foster care organisation and approved residential care organisation and pt 15.4 (Out-of-home carers).