sec.51ZBConsidering intervention with agreement

### sec.51ZB Considering intervention with agreement The chief executive must give proper consideration to intervening with the parents’ agreement if— the child’s views and wishes, if able to be ascertained, have been considered; and for a child to whom section 51Z (a) applies, the chief executive is satisfied the child’s parents are able and willing to work with the chief executive to meet the child’s interim protection needs while the investigation is carried out; and for a child to whom section 51Z (b) applies, the chief executive is satisfied— the child’s parents are able and willing to work with the chief executive to meet the child’s protection and care needs; and it is likely that, by the end of the proposed intervention, the child’s parents will be able to meet the child’s protection and care needs. However, subsection (1) does not apply if the chief executive reasonably believes it is likely that, if the child’s parents withdraw their agreement to the intervention for the child, the child will be at immediate risk of harm. s 51ZB ins 2005 No. 40 s 14 (amd 2006 No. 17 s 18 (3) ) amd 2017 No. 44 s 28 (sec.51ZB-ssec.1) The chief executive must give proper consideration to intervening with the parents’ agreement if— the child’s views and wishes, if able to be ascertained, have been considered; and for a child to whom section 51Z (a) applies, the chief executive is satisfied the child’s parents are able and willing to work with the chief executive to meet the child’s interim protection needs while the investigation is carried out; and for a child to whom section 51Z (b) applies, the chief executive is satisfied— the child’s parents are able and willing to work with the chief executive to meet the child’s protection and care needs; and it is likely that, by the end of the proposed intervention, the child’s parents will be able to meet the child’s protection and care needs. (sec.51ZB-ssec.2) However, subsection (1) does not apply if the chief executive reasonably believes it is likely that, if the child’s parents withdraw their agreement to the intervention for the child, the child will be at immediate risk of harm. - (a) the child’s views and wishes, if able to be ascertained, have been considered; and - (b) for a child to whom section 51Z (a) applies, the chief executive is satisfied the child’s parents are able and willing to work with the chief executive to meet the child’s interim protection needs while the investigation is carried out; and - (c) for a child to whom section 51Z (b) applies, the chief executive is satisfied— (i) the child’s parents are able and willing to work with the chief executive to meet the child’s protection and care needs; and (ii) it is likely that, by the end of the proposed intervention, the child’s parents will be able to meet the child’s protection and care needs. - (i) the child’s parents are able and willing to work with the chief executive to meet the child’s protection and care needs; and - (ii) it is likely that, by the end of the proposed intervention, the child’s parents will be able to meet the child’s protection and care needs. - (i) the child’s parents are able and willing to work with the chief executive to meet the child’s protection and care needs; and - (ii) it is likely that, by the end of the proposed intervention, the child’s parents will be able to meet the child’s protection and care needs.