Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

CHILDREN'S SERVICES ACT 1986 - SECT 73

(1)     If it appears, on reasonable grounds, to an authorised person that a child is in need of care and the circumstances are such that action under this subsection should be taken immediately to safeguard the welfare of the child, the authorised person may take the child into his or her custody and place the child in a shelter or, if the person in charge of an approved home or a hospital consents, the approved home or hospital.

(2)     Subsection (1) has effect with respect to a child who is in the Territory notwithstanding that the usual place of living of the child is not in the Territory.

(3)     The authorised person shall, as soon as practicable, notify the director and the community advocate of the name and age of the child, the name of the shelter, approved home or hospital in which the person has placed the child, of the time when the child was taken into custody and of any other relevant circumstances.

(4)     The director shall record in writing particulars of all notifications under subsection (3) and of any action that he or she has taken in relation to them.

(5)     The authorised person shall, as soon as practicable, take all reasonable steps to cause a parent of the child to be notified, whether the parent is resident in the Territory or not, of the time when the child was taken into custody, the name of the shelter, approved home or hospital in which the person has placed the child and of the other relevant circumstances notified to the director under subsection (3).