Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) This section applies if the director-general has daily care responsibility or long-term care responsibility for a child or young person.
(2) The director-general may authorise (a specific parental authority ), orally or in writing, a family member, or significant person, of the child or young person to exercise the daily care or long-term care responsibility for the director-general (a kinship carer ).
(3) However, the director-general may authorise a family member, or significant person, only if satisfied that the family member or significant person—
(a) is an approved carer; and
(b) agrees to exercise the responsibility for the director-general.
Note 1 Approved carer —see s 514B.
Note 2 If a person's approval as an approved carer expires, the authorisation as a kinship carer under this section also ends (see s 514E (6)).
(4) The family member or significant person must exercise the responsibility subject to any directions of the director-general.
(5) An authorisation under this section has effect only during a placement of the child or young person with the family member or significant person under section 512 (Director-general must place child or young person with out-of-home carer).
Note 1 Under the Legislation Act
, s 180, power given by a law to make a decision includes power to reverse or change the decision. The power to reverse or change the decision is exercisable in the same way, and subject to the same conditions, as the power to make the decision.
Note 2 A decision under this section is a reviewable decision (see s 839).