516Kinship carer—specific parental authority

516 Kinship carer—specific parental authority (2) The director-general may authorise (a specific parental authority), orally or in writing, a family member, or significant person, of the child or young person to exercise the daily care or long-term care responsibility for the director-general (a kinship carer).

(3) However, the director-general may authorise a family member, or significant person, only if satisfied that the family member or significant person— (a) is an approved carer; and (b) agrees to exercise the responsibility for the director-general. Note 1 Approved carer—see s 514B. Note 2 If a person’s approval as an approved carer expires, the authorisation as a kinship carer under this section also ends (see s 514E (6)). (4) The family member or significant person must exercise the responsibility subject to any directions of the director-general. (5) An authorisation under this section has effect only during a placement of the child or young person with the family member or significant person under section 512 (Director-general must place child or young person with out-of-home carer).