Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 410

If the director-general or a police officer takes emergency action for a child or young person, the director-general or police officer may keep daily care responsibility for the child or young person without an order of the Childrens Court—

        (a)     for not longer than 2 working days after the day the emergency action was taken; or

        (b)     if the 2 working days are interrupted by a Saturday, a Sunday and a public holiday—until the matter can be brought before the court on the next sitting day of the court.