Queensland Consolidated Acts

CHILD PROTECTION ACT 1999 - SECT 51ZH

51ZH Period of an agreement

(1) Subject to this division, a care agreement has effect for the period stated in it.

(2) The period of an assessment care agreement must not be more than 30 days.

(3) An assessment care agreement may not be extended.

(4) When a child protection care agreement is entered into, the initial period of operation stated in it must not be more than 30 days.

(5) A child protection care agreement must not be made if the total of the following periods would be more than 6 months—

(a) the initial period of the proposed agreement;

(b) the period for which any other child protection care agreement was in force for the child within the previous 12 months.

(6) Before a child protection care agreement ends, it may be extended by agreement of the parties.

(7) A child protection care agreement may be extended more than once.

(8) A child protection care agreement must not be extended if the total of the following periods would be more than 6 months—

(a) the period for which the agreement has been in force;

(b) the period of the proposed extension;

(c) the period for which any other child protection care agreement was in force for the child within the 12 months before the extension.

(9) The chief executive must not agree to an extension unless—

(a) a case plan is in force for the child; and

(b) the chief executive is satisfied the extension would be in the child’s best interests, having regard to the progress made under the case plan and the child’s developmental needs.