South Australian Current Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE (SAFETY) ACT 2017 - SECT 87

87—Offence of harbouring, concealing etc absent child or young person

        (1)         A person must not—

            (a)         harbour or conceal, or assist another person to harbour or conceal, a child or young person; or

            (b)         prevent, or assist another person to prevent, the return of a child or young person to a State care placement,

if the person knows that the child or young person is absent from a State care placement without lawful authority.

Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months.

        (2)         In this section—

"State care placement", in relation to a child or young person, means the placement of the child or young person in the care of a person, or in a place, by the Chief Executive pursuant to section 84(1).