Child Protection Regulation 2023
sec.5Agreement to provide care for child— Act , s 84
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sec.5 Agreement to provide care for child— Act , s 84
For section 84 (2) of the Act , the following terms are prescribed— the time for which the agreement is to have effect; the time for which it is intended that the approved carer will care for the child; information, from any case plan the chief executive prepares for the child, about matters involving or affecting the approved carer; if a notice provision applies in relation to the child— whether the chief executive has complied, or intends to comply, with the notice provision; and if the chief executive has complied, or intends to comply, with the notice provision—the information given, or intended to be given, to the child’s parents under the notice provision; arrangements for contact between the child and the child’s parents or other members of the child’s family, including, for example, the child’s transport arrangements; the responsibilities of the chief executive and of the approved carer in the provision of dental, medical, therapeutic, schooling and other services to the child; information about any special needs of the child, including information about— any special health needs; and any special behavioural management needs; and the resources needed to meet the special needs; the amounts to be paid to the approved carer for the child’s care and maintenance; arrangements for ensuring the child’s connection with the child’s culture of origin; for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child—arrangements for ensuring the development and maintenance of a connection of the child with the child’s family, community, language and— for an Aboriginal child—Aboriginal tradition; or for a Torres Strait Islander child—Island custom. In this section— notice provision means section 85 (2) or 86 (2) of the Act . (sec.5-ssec.1) For section 84 (2) of the Act , the following terms are prescribed— the time for which the agreement is to have effect; the time for which it is intended that the approved carer will care for the child; information, from any case plan the chief executive prepares for the child, about matters involving or affecting the approved carer; if a notice provision applies in relation to the child— whether the chief executive has complied, or intends to comply, with the notice provision; and if the chief executive has complied, or intends to comply, with the notice provision—the information given, or intended to be given, to the child’s parents under the notice provision; arrangements for contact between the child and the child’s parents or other members of the child’s family, including, for example, the child’s transport arrangements; the responsibilities of the chief executive and of the approved carer in the provision of dental, medical, therapeutic, schooling and other services to the child; information about any special needs of the child, including information about— any special health needs; and any special behavioural management needs; and the resources needed to meet the special needs; the amounts to be paid to the approved carer for the child’s care and maintenance; arrangements for ensuring the child’s connection with the child’s culture of origin; for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child—arrangements for ensuring the development and maintenance of a connection of the child with the child’s family, community, language and— for an Aboriginal child—Aboriginal tradition; or for a Torres Strait Islander child—Island custom. (sec.5-ssec.2) In this section— notice provision means section 85 (2) or 86 (2) of the Act .