Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 377

    (1)     An application for an appraisal order may be made by phone, fax or another way if necessary because of urgent circumstances.

    (2)     An application made under subsection (1) must be given to the following people before the application is heard by the court:

        (a)     the child or young person;

        (b)     each parent of the child or young person;

        (c)     each other person (if any) who has daily care responsibility, or long-term care responsibility, for the child or young person;

        (d)     the public advocate;

        (e)     if the child or young person is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person—the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people commissioner.

    (3)     The Childrens Court must if practicable hear and decide the application on the day it is filed.