Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 465

    (1)     The Childrens Court must state the length of each provision included in a care and protection order.

    (2)     The length of a care and protection order is the length of the longest provision in the order.

Note 1     The length of parental responsibility provisions is dealt with in—

        (a)     for short-term parental responsibility provision— s 476; and

        (b)     for enduring parental responsibility provision— s 481 (until the child or young person is 18 years old).

Note 2     The length of a care and protection order may be extended (see  s 471).