(1) This section applies if the director-general is preparing a transition plan for a young person.
(2) The director-general must develop the plan in consultation with the young person.
(3) The director-general may also consult 1 or more of the following people about the proposals the director-general intends to include in the transition plan:
(a) for a young person in out-of-home care—the out-of-home carer;
(b) anyone else who would be involved in implementing a proposal in the plan;
Example—people who would be involved
a community-based service that is providing services to the young person
(c) anyone else the director-general considers would be able to provide information or guidance about the plan.
(4) The director-general must give the following people an opportunity to make submissions to the director-general about the proposals:
(a) the young person;
(b) each person consulted about the proposals under subsection (3).
(5) If a person makes a submission to the director-general about a proposal, the director-general must consider the submission.