Children and Young People Act 2008
181Director-general’s consent to medical treatment for
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 181
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Children and Young People Act 2008.
181 Director-general’s consent to medical treatment for young detainees (a) a young detainee is a child or young person; and (b) the young detainee needs medical treatment that requires the consent of a person who has daily care responsibility for the (c) the director-general does not have daily care responsibility for (d) despite reasonable inquiries, the director-general is unable to locate a person who has daily care responsibility for the young
(2) The director-general may consent to medical treatment for the young detainee if delaying the treatment until a person who has daily care responsibility for the young detainee can be located would be detrimental to the young detainee’s health. (3) To remove any doubt, this section does not affect any right of a child