528Information and items must be kept after placement ends

528 Information and items must be kept after placement ends (1) This section applies if a care entity for a child or young person for a placement keeps protected information or personal items under section 527. (2) The care entity must keep the protected information or personal items until the care entity gives the protected information or personal items to the director-general under subsection (3). (3) The care entity must give the protected information or personal items to the director-general if— (a) the director-general asks the care entity to give the protected information or personal items to the director-general; or (b) the care entity stops being a care entity for this Act; or

Division 15.4.3 Information and items to be kept by foster carers and residential care (c) 2 years have elapsed since the placement ended; or (d) the person to whom the protected information or personal items relate becomes an adult. (4) If protected information is given to the director-general under subsection (3), the protected information is a record of an agency under the Territory Records Act 2002, section 9 (Meaning of record of an agency etc). (5) This section is subject to division 15.5.4 (Entitlement to personal items and access to personal information). Note Div 15.5.4 applies to young people who have left out-of-home care.