South Australian Current Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE (SAFETY) ACT 2017 - SECT 125

125—Notification to child, parents and guardians

        (1)         If the Chief Executive has decided to transfer a child protection order to a participating State under this Part, the Chief Executive must cause—

            (a)         the parents and guardians of the child who is the subject of the order and any other person who is granted access to the child under the order (or an ancillary order); and

            (b)         if the child is of or above the age of 10 years, the child,

to be served with a notice of the decision as soon as practicable but in any event no later than 3 business days after making it.

        (2)         A notice under subsection (1) must, in addition to providing notice of the decision, give particulars of the rights of review of the decision and of how and when an application for such a review may be made.

        (3)         The notice of the decision must be served personally, but—

            (a)         if it is not practicable to serve the notice personally on a person (not being the child); or

            (b)         if the whereabouts of such a person cannot, after reasonable enquiries, be ascertained,

the notice of the decision may be served on that person by post addressed to the person at their last known place of residence or employment or in any other manner authorised by the Court.