Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 (NO. 19 OF 2008) - SECT 536

In this Act:

"therapeutic protection plan", for a child or young person for whom the chief executive has applied for a therapeutic protection order—

        (a)     means a plan to reduce the likelihood of the child or young person engaging in harmful conduct in the future arranged by the chief executive in consultation, as far as is practicable, with—

              (i)     the child or young person; and

              (ii)     the parents of the child or young person; and

              (iii)     each other person (if any) who has daily care responsibility for the child or young person; and

              (iv)     anyone else who is proposed to be involved in implementing the plan; and

        (b)     includes written details of the following for the proposed period of confinement:

              (i)     when the period of confinement is to start and end;

              (ii)     the therapy, counselling or other service that is proposed for the child or young person;

              (iii)     the expected results of the therapy, counselling or other service;

              (iv)     the education that is proposed for the child or young person;

              (v)     the supervision that is proposed for the child or young person;

              (vi)     the proposed arrangements for the child's or young person's contact with—

    (A)     family members; and

    (B)     significant people for the child or young person; and

    (C)     other people;

              (vii)     for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child or young person—the proposed arrangements for the preservation and enhancement of the identity of the child or young person as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person.

Note     If the public advocate or an official visitor asks the chief executive for a therapeutic protection plan for a child or young person, the chief executive must provide a copy promptly (see  s 631).