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Care and Protection of Children Act 2007
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8 Role of family
(1) The family of a child has the primary responsibility for the care,
upbringing and development of the child.
(2) In fulfilling that responsibility, the family should be able to bring up
the child in any language or tradition and foster in the child any
cultural, ethnic or religious values.
(3) A child may be removed from the child's family only if there is an
unacceptable risk of harm to the child.
(4) As far as practicable, and consistent with section 10, if a child is
removed from the child's family:
(a) contact between the child and the family should be
encouraged and supported; and
(b) the child should eventually be returned to the family.