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Care and Protection of Children Act 2007
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43 CEO may request assistance
(1) The CEO may request a public authority to provide the CEO with
specified assistance for the exercise of a power or the performance
of a function under this Act.
(1A) Without limiting subsection (1), the CEO may request a public
authority to provide prioritised access to child-related services to a
child, a young person who has left the CEO's care or a member of
the child's or young person's family, if the child or young person is
at risk of significant harm.
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(2) The public authority must comply with the request if doing so:
(a) is consistent with its functions; and
(b) does not unduly prejudice the performance of its functions.