Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 569

    (1)     An application for amendment of an intensive therapy order must—

        (a)     state—

              (i)     how the provision is proposed to be amended; and

              (ii)     the grounds for the proposed amendment; and

        (b)     if the applicant is the director-general, include—

              (i)     the intensive therapy history (if any) for the child or young person; and

              (ii)     a revised therapy plan for the child or young person that takes into account the proposed amendment; and

              (iii)     a further risk assessment for the child or young person; and

        (c)     be given to the following:

              (i)     if the applicant is not the director-general—the director-general;

              (ii)     the public advocate;

              (iii)     if the child or young person is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person—the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people commissioner;

              (iv)     an entity prescribed by regulation.

    (2)     If the applicant is not the director-general, after the director-general receives a copy of the application, the director-general must file with the Childrens Court—

        (a)     the intensive therapy history (if any) for the child or young person; and

        (b)     a revised therapy plan for the child or young person that takes into account the proposed amendment; and

        (c)     a further risk assessment for the child or young person.