Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) A protection order
(special guardianship) is an order giving an individual, or 2 individuals
jointly, parental responsibility for a child until the child reaches 18 years
of age.
(2) A protection order
(special guardianship) cannot give parental responsibility for a child to the
CEO or a parent of the child.
(3) While a protection
order (special guardianship) is in force in respect of a child the special
guardian has parental responsibility for the child to the exclusion of any
other person.
[Section 60 amended: No. 49 of 2010 s. 27.]