Queensland Numbered Acts

DIRECTOR OF CHILD PROTECTION LITIGATION ACT 2016 - SECT 18

18 When director must consult with chief executive (child safety) and give reasons

(1) The director must consult with the chief executive (child safety) before doing any of the following things in relation to a child protection matter—

(a) referring a child protection matter back to the chief executive (child safety) under section 17(1)(b);

(b) applying for a child protection order of a different type, or an order that is otherwise different from, the order mentioned in the brief of evidence given by the chief executive (child safety);

(c) any other thing prescribed for this section in the guidelines made by the director under section 39.

(2) If, after consulting with the chief executive (child safety), the director decides to do a thing mentioned in subsection (1) without the agreement of the chief executive (child safety), the director must give the chief executive (child safety) written reasons for the decision.