South Australian Numbered Acts

CHILDREN'S PROTECTION LAW REFORM (TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS AND RELATED AMENDMENTS) ACT 2017 (NO 64 OF 2017) - SECT 27

27—Continuation of approved foster parents as approved carers

        (1)         Subject to this section, a person who was, immediately before the commencement of this section, an approved foster parent under section 43 of the Family and Community Services Act 1972

will be taken to be an approved carer under the Children and Young People (Safety) Act 2017

(and the approval of the person will be taken to have been granted under section 72 of that Act).

        (2)         A permission of the Chief Executive Officer under section 43(3) of the Family and Community Services Act 1972

relating to the number of foster children that a foster parent referred to in subsection (1)

is permitted to have in their care will be taken to continue to apply to the approved carer according to its terms.

        (3)         The approval of a person as an approved carer under subsection (1)

will, subject to the Children and Young People (Safety) Act 2017

, be taken to be subject to the same conditions applying to the person's approval immediately before the commencement of this section.