South Australian Current Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE (SAFETY) ACT 2017 - SECT 91

91—Chief Executive to apply to Court for order to place child or young person under long-term guardianship

        (1)         Subject to this Act, the Chief Executive must, on completion of the preparation of a long-term care plan in respect of a child or young person, apply to the Court for such orders under section 53 as the Chief Executive considers necessary or appropriate to place the child or young person under the long-term guardianship of the proposed guardian.

        (2)         An application to the Court under subsection (1) must be made without undue delay.

        (2a)         The Chief Executive must cause a copy of the long-term care plan in respect of the child or young person to be provided to the Court in any application under subsection (1).

        (3)         The regulations may make further provision in relation to an application under this section (including, to avoid doubt, by prescribing circumstances in which the Chief Executive need not comply with subsection (1)).