Children and Young People Act 2008
485What is a contact provision?
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485 What is a contact provision? contact provision, in a care and protection order, or an interim care and protection order, for a child or young person means a provision— (a) about who may, or must not, have contact with the child or (b) authorising the director-general or another person to decide with whom the child or young person may have contact and to decide any conditions for the contact. Examples—decisions and conditions 1 that a child may have contact with a stated person for at least 4 hours each week if the person complies with the drug use provision in the order 2 that a young person may have supervised contact with a stated person twice each week as arranged by the director-general 3 that a child may have contact with a stated person in accordance with a care plan Note Contact, with a person, is defined in s 348.