Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 367

In the care and protection chapters:

"care and protection assessment" of a person—

        (a)     means any of the following carried out by an authorised assessor for section 438 (Care and protection assessment—authorisation of assessors):

              (i)     a medical examination or test of the person;

              (ii)     a dental examination or test of the person;

              (iii)     a social assessment of the person;

              (iv)     a paediatric or developmental assessment of the person;

              (v)     a psychological examination or test of the person;

              (vi)     a psychiatric examination or test of the person;

              (vii)     if the person is a parent or other person with parental responsibility—an assessment of the person's parenting capacity; but

        (b)     does not include an assessment, examination or test that—

              (i)     involves surgery; or

              (ii)     is prescribed by regulation.

Note     A person authorised under s 438 (Care and protection assessment—authorisation of assessors) must be suitably qualified for the assessment (see s 438 (2)).