Western Australian Current Acts

CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 2004 - SECT 105

105 .         Terms used

        (1)         In this Subdivision —

        child means a child who is the subject of a placement arrangement or a secure care arrangement;

        place of residence , in relation to a child, means the place where the child lives under a placement arrangement or a secure care arrangement.

        (2)         For the purposes of this Subdivision there is lawful authority for an act if —

            (a)         the act is done with the written consent of the CEO; or

            (aa)         for a child who is the subject of a secure care arrangement — the act is done in accordance with procedures approved by the CEO for the secure care facility where the child lives; or

            (b)         except in section 106, the act is done by, or with the written consent of, a carer of the child concerned; or

            (c)         in the case of a child who is the subject of a negotiated placement agreement, the act is done by, or with the written consent of, a parent of the child.

        [Section 105 amended: No. 49 of 2010 s. 16; No. 18 of 2021 s. 49.]