Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AMENDMENT ACT 2015 (NO 2) (NO. 22 OF 2015) - SECT 14

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520     Authorisation of residential care service—general parental authority

    (1)     The director-general may authorise an approved residential care organisation to exercise—

        (a)     daily care responsibility for any child or young person for whom the director-general has daily care responsibility; or

        (b)     long-term care responsibility for any child or young person for whom the director-general has long-term care responsibility.

    (2)     However, the director-general may authorise an organisation only if the organisation agrees to exercise the responsibility for the director-general for any child or young person.

    (3)     The organisation must exercise the responsibility subject to any directions of the director-general.

Note     An authorisation under this section is suspended if the organisation's approval is suspended under s 352P.