518Foster carer—specific parental authority

518 Foster carer—specific parental authority (2) The director-general may authorise (a specific parental authority), orally or in writing, a person to exercise the daily care or long-term care responsibility for the director-general (a foster carer). (3) However, the director-general may authorise a person only if satisfied that the 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 foster carer under this section also ends (see s 514E (6)). (4) The 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 foster carer under section 512 (Director-general must place child or young person with out-of-home carer).