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Care and Protection of Children Act 2007
123Directions in protection order
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123 Directions in protection order
(1) The proposed order must specify one or more of the following
directions:
(a) a direction (a supervision direction) requiring one or more of
(i) that a person must do, or refrain from doing, a specified
thing directly related to the protection of the child;
(ii) that the CEO must supervise the protection of the child
in relation to specified matters;
(iii) that the CEO must do, or refrain from doing, a specified
thing related to the care of the child;
(b) a direction (a daily care and control direction) giving daily
care and control of the child to a specified person;
(c) a direction (a short-term parental responsibility direction)
giving parental responsibility for the child to a specified person
for a specified period not exceeding 2 years;
(d) a direction (a long-term parental responsibility direction)
giving parental responsibility for the child to a specified person
for a specified period that:
(i) exceeds 2 years; and
(ii) ends before the child turns 18 years of age.
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(2) Without limiting subsection (1)(a)(i), a supervision direction may:
(a) require a person not to have any direct or indirect contact with
the child; or
(b) require a person not to have any direct or indirect contact with
the child except when a specified person or a person
belonging to a specified group is present.