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Care and Protection of Children Act 2007
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139 Order on adjournment
(1) On granting the adjournment, the Court may make one or more of
the following orders:
(a) an order giving daily care and control of the child:
(i) to the CEO if the proceedings relate to an assessment
order; or
(ii) to the CEO or a family member of the child if the
proceedings relate to a protection order;
(b) an order that a report be prepared and filed in the Court about
the following persons:
(ii) the child's family;
(iii) if the proceedings relate to an application for a
permanent care order – the person proposed to be given
parental responsibility for the child under the order;
(c) an order authorising a medical examination of the child and
the filing of a report of the examination in the Court;
(d) an order restricting the contact between the child and
specified persons;
(e) an order that a mediation conference be convened for the
(2) Each of the orders has effect during the adjournment.
(3) The Court may, without limiting what may be addressed by a report
prepared for subsection (1), specify matters that must be addressed
by the report.
(4) The child may refuse to submit to any of the examination mentioned
in subsection (1)(c) if the child is of sufficient maturity and
understanding to make the decision.
(5) Without limiting subsection (1)(d), an order mentioned in that
subsection may:
(a) direct a person not to have any direct or indirect contact with
the child; or
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(b) direct 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; or
(c) require the CEO to supervise any contact between the child
and a specified person.
(6) The Court must not require the CEO to supervise any contact
between the child and a specified person unless the Court has
heard submissions from the parties in relation to the requirement.
(7) Section 127 (which is about mediation conference) applies for
subsection (1)(e) in relation to proceedings for an assessment order
with any necessary changes.