51When CEO may take child into provisional protection

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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