18Aspects of parental responsibility may be shared

18 Aspects of parental responsibility may be shared (1) Parental responsibility may be shared between 2 or more people under— (b) a voluntary care agreement; or Note Voluntary care agreements are dealt with in pt 12.3. (c) a care and protection order including a parental responsibility

(d) a court order (under this Act or another law in force in the Territory). Note If parental responsibility for a child or young person is shared with the director-general, the director-general may delegate the responsibility to a responsible person for an approved kinship and foster care organisation (see s 883A). The responsible person may subdelegate it to a position in the organisation (see s 883B). However, the director-general must ensure that the delegated or subdelegated parental responsibility is properly exercised (see Legislation Act, s 238). (2) If parental responsibility is shared between 2 or more people, either of them may discharge the responsibility. (3) This section is subject to the following sections: (a) section 475 (Director-general sharing daily care responsibility); Note If the director-general shares daily care responsibility for a child or young person, no other person with daily care responsibility for the child or young person may discharge the responsibility in a way that would be incompatible with the director-general’s discharge of the responsibility (see s 475 (2)). (b) section 504 (Director-general sharing long-term care responsibility); Note If the director-general shares long-term care responsibility for a child or young person and under a parental responsibility provision is required to consult with each other person who shares long-term care responsibility for the child or young person in making a decision about a long-term matter for the child or young person, and another person who has long-term care responsibility for the child or young person disagrees with the director-general’s proposed decision, the person or director-general may apply to the Childrens Court for an order about the matter and the director-general is required to not make the decision without the person’s agreement (see s 504 (2)).