Northern Territory Numbered Acts

CARE AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN ACT 2007 (NO 37 OF 2007) - SECT 51

    (1)     The CEO may take a child into provisional protection if:

    (a)     the CEO reasonably believes:

        (i)     the child is in need of protection; and

        (ii)     the provisional protection is urgently needed to safeguard the wellbeing of the child; and

    (b)     no protection order or temporary protection order is in force for the child.

Examples of urgency for subsection (1)(a)(ii)

1     The child is likely to suffer from harm or exploitation if the child is left at the place where the child is found.

2     A parent of the child is likely to remove the child from the child's usual place of residence to prevent access to the child by authorised officers after becoming aware of a proposed application for a protection order for the child.

    (2)     The CEO may take the child into provisional protection whether or not an assessment order for the child is in force.