19Daily care responsibility for children and young people

19 Daily care responsibility for children and young people (1) A person who has daily care responsibility for a child or young person has responsibility for, and may make decisions about, the child’s or young person’s daily care. Examples—daily care responsibilities and decisions 1 where and with whom the child or young person lives 2 people with whom the child or young person may, or must not, have contact 3 arrangements for temporary care of the child or young person by someone else 4 everyday decisions, including, for example, about the personal appearance of the child or young person 5 daily care decisions about education, training and employment (2) A person who has daily care responsibility for a child or young person may do any of the following: (a) consent to a health care assessment of the child’s or young person’s physical or mental wellbeing and have access to the assessment report; (b) on the advice of a health practitioner—consent to health care treatment, not including surgery (other than surgery mentioned in paragraph (c)), for the child or young person; (c) on the advice of a dentist or dental therapist—consent to dental treatment, including minor dental surgery, for the child or young (3) If the person makes a decision about the people with whom the child or young person may have contact, the person is also responsible for arrangements to give effect to the decision.

(4) This section does not limit the matters for which the person has responsibility to make decisions for the child or young person, but is subject to— (a) a court order (under this Act or another law); and 1 A decision by a person who has daily care responsibility for a child about people with whom the child may or may not have contact is subject to a care and protection order that includes a contact provision about who may, or must not, have contact with the child.