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Care and Protection of Children Act 2007
51When CEO may take child into provisional protection
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51 When CEO may take child into provisional protection
(1) The CEO may take a child into provisional protection if:
(a) the CEO reasonably believes:
(ii) the provisional protection is urgently needed to
safeguard the wellbeing of the child; and
(b) no protection order or temporary protection order is in force for
Examples of urgency for subsection (1)(a)(ii)
1 The child is likely to suffer from harm or exploitation if the child is left at the
place where the child is found.
2 A parent of the child is likely to remove the child from the child's usual place
of residence to prevent access to the child by authorised officers after
becoming aware of a proposed application for a protection order for the child.
(2) As soon as practicable after taking a child into provisional
protection, the CEO must inform the following persons that the CEO
has done so:
to whom parental responsibility for the child has been given;
(b) otherwise – each parent of the child.
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