Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 491

In this Act:

ACAT mental health provision , in a care and protection order, or an interim care and protection order, for a child or young person means a provision directing the child or young person to submit to the jurisdiction of the ACAT to allow the ACAT—

        (a)     to decide whether the child or young person has a mental disorder or mental illness; and

        (b)     if the ACAT decides that the child or young person has a mental disorder or mental illness—to make recommendations to the Childrens Court about how the child or young person should be dealt with.