Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2016 (NO. 38 OF 2016) - SECT 14

in part 15.1, insert

503A     Parental responsibility—director-general delegations

If parental responsibility for a child or young person is transferred to, or shared with, the director-general—

        (a)     the director-general may delegate the parental responsibility to a responsible person for an approved kinship and foster care organisation; and

        (b)     the responsible person may subdelegate the parental responsibility to an approved carer who is a kinship carer or foster carer for the child or young person.

Note 1     Approved kinship and foster care organisation —see s 502.
Approved carer —see s 514B.
Kinship carer —see s 516 (2).
Foster carer —see s 518 (2).

Note 2     The director-general is obliged to ensure that the delegated or subdelegated parental responsibility is properly exercised (see Legislation Act

, s 238). In addition, the director-general may provide that the delegation has effect only in stated circumstances or subject to stated conditions, limitations or directions (see Legislation Act

, s 234 and s 239). For other provisions about the making of delegations and the exercise of delegated functions, see the Legislation Act

, pt 19.4.