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Children and Young People Act 2008
412Emergency action—contact with family
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412 Emergency action—contact with family (1) If the director-general or a police officer has daily care responsibility for a child or young person under this division, the director-general or police officer must, as far as practicable, allow reasonable contact between the child or young person and their family members and significant people. (2) However, the director-general or police officer is not required to allow contact if the contact would create a risk of harm to the child or