Victorian Current Acts

CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES ACT 2005 - SECT 497

    (1)     A person must not without lawful authority or excuse—

S. 497(1)(a) amended by No. 61/2014 s. 83.

        (a)     enter any place in which a child has been placed under an interim accommodation order or by the Secretary under section 173; or

        (b)     at any time or in any manner contrary to the regulations, convey to or cause to be conveyed to a child placed as described in paragraph (a) any article or thing; or

S. 497(1)(c) amended by No. 52/2013 s. 53.

        (c)     contrary to the instructions of the Secretary, attempt to have contact with a child placed as described in paragraph (a); or

        (d)     lurk or loiter about any place described in paragraph (a) for any of the purposes mentioned in this section.

Penalty:     25 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months or both.

S. 497(2) inserted by No. 43/2017 s. 60.

    (2)     For the purposes of subsection (1)(c), the Secretary may issue a written instruction to any person directing the person not to attempt to have contact with a child placed under an interim accommodation order or by the Secretary under section 173.

S. 497(3) inserted by No. 43/2017 s. 60.

    (3)     An instruction under subsection (2) must be served in accordance with section 593.

Part 6.2—Offences relating to detained persons