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.
Care and Protection of Children Act 2007 71 (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.