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Care and Protection of Children Act 2007
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22 Parental responsibility for child
(1) A person has parental responsibility for a child if the person is
entitled to exercise all the powers and rights, and has all the
responsibilities, for the child that would ordinarily be vested in the
parents of the child.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a person who has parental
responsibility for a child:
(a) has daily care and control of the child; and
(b) is entitled to exercise all the powers and rights, and has all the
responsibilities, in relation to the long-term care and
development of the child.
(3) To avoid doubt, a reference in this Act to a person who has parental
responsibility for a child includes a person who has been given
parental responsibility for the child under a law of another
jurisdiction.
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