Children and Young People Act 2008
507Public advocate etc to be told about action following
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507 Public advocate etc to be told about action following appraisals (a) the director-general receives a voluntary report or a mandatory report about a child or young person; and (b) because of the report, the director-general believes the child or young person is at risk of significant harm; and (c) at the time of the incident that gave rise to the report, the director-general had daily care responsibility for the child or young person and had placed the child or young person with an out-of-home carer under part 15.4; and Note The director-general may have daily care responsibility for a child or young person under any of the following provisions: (a) an appraisal order including a temporary parental responsibility provision (see s 373); (b) a voluntary care agreement (see pt 12.3); (c) emergency action (see pt 13.1); (d) a care and protection order including a parental responsibility provision (see pt 14.6). (d) the incident that gave rise to the report either— (i) involved the out-of-home carer; or (ii) happened while the child or young person was taking part in a contact visit with someone and the contact was— (A) allowed under a contact provision in a care and protection order; or Note Contact provisions are dealt with in pt 14.8. (B) approved by the director-general.
Director-general has daily care responsibility Part 15.3 (2) The director-general must give the public advocate a report about— (a) the incident; and (b) what action (if any) the director-general has taken because of the appraisal. (3) If the child or young person is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person, the director-general must also give the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people commissioner the report