Children and Young People Act 2008
520Residential care service—general parental authority
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520 Residential care service—general parental authority (2) The director-general may authorise (a general parental authority), in writing, an approved residential care organisation to exercise the daily care or long-term care responsibility for the director-general (a residential care service). (3) However, the director-general may authorise an organisation only if the organisation agrees to exercise the responsibility for the director-general for any child or young person. (4) The organisation must exercise the responsibility subject to any directions of the director-general. Note An authorisation under this section is suspended if the organisation’s approval is suspended under s 352P.