Children and Young People Act 2008
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502 Definitions—Act approved kinship and foster care organisation means an approved care and protection organisation approved as a suitable entity for the purpose of providing kinship and foster care services. Note Approved care and protection organisation—see s 352C. approved residential care organisation means an approved care and protection organisation approved as a suitable entity for the purpose of providing residential care services. foster carer—see section 518 (2).
general parental authority, for a residential care service—see section 520 (2). in intensive therapy—see section 576. kinship carer—see section 516 (2). out-of-home carer, for a child or young person—see section 508. residential care service—see section 520 (2). specific parental authority— (a) for a kinship carer—see section 516 (2); or (b) for a foster carer—see section 518 (2).