394What is a voluntary care agreement?

394 What is a voluntary care agreement? voluntary care agreement, for a child or young person, means a written agreement— (a) between the director-general and— (ii) someone else who has daily care responsibility or long-term care responsibility for the child or young person; and (b) for either or both of the following aspects of parental responsibility for the child or young person to be shared between the director-general and the parent or other person: (i) daily care responsibility; (ii) long-term care responsibility. Note If 2 or more people have parental responsibility for a child or young person, either of them may discharge the responsibility. However, if the director-general is 1 of the people, no-one else may discharge the responsibility in a way that would be incompatible with the director-general’s discharge of the responsibility (see s 18). (2) A voluntary care agreement may include an arrangement for the person mentioned in subsection (1) (a) (i) or (ii) to pay an amount (the contribution) to the director-general by way of contribution to the cost of the care of the child or young person.

(3) The contribution must not be more than the amount paid by the Territory for the care of the child or young person.