Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2005 - SECT 460

460 Compliance with provisions about explaining and giving documents

(1) This section applies if, under a provision of this Act, a person is authorised or required to explain the terms and effects of an order or something else under this Act, or give information or a notice to—

(a) a child; or

(b) a child’s parents, each of a child’s parents or at least 1 of a child’s parents.

(2) Also, this section applies if a person is required to obtain the consent of a parent.

(3) The person need only comply with the provision to the extent that is reasonably practicable in the circumstances.

(4) Without limiting subsection (3) , it is not, for example, reasonably practicable to comply with the provision in relation to a child’s parents if, after reasonable inquiries, the parents or their whereabouts can not be ascertained or, if ascertained, can not be contacted.

(5) Also, so far as compliance relates to telling a child about a matter, a person need only comply with the provision to the extent that the person reasonably considers is appropriate in the circumstances having regard to the child’s age or ability to understand the matter.

(6) If under the provision a person is required to give a child’s parents a copy of a document or information in writing, the person must also give the child the information in writing if the person considers it is appropriate in the circumstances having regard to the child’s age or ability to understand the information.