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CHILD PROTECTION ACT 1999 - SECT 85

Chief executive to tell parents of placing child in care—assessment order

85 Chief executive to tell parents of placing child in care—assessment order

(1) This section applies if the child is in the chief executive’s custody under an assessment order.
(2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4) , the chief executive must, as soon as practicable after deciding in whose care to place the child, tell the child’s parents in whose care the child is placed and where the child is living.
(3) Before complying with subsection (2) , the chief executive must consider the matters prescribed under a regulation.
(4) If, after considering the matters, the chief executive reasonably suspects compliance with subsection (2) could constitute a significant risk to the safety of the child or anyone else with whom the child is living, the chief executive need not comply with the subsection.



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