Children and Young People Act 2008
883ADirector-general delegations—approved care and
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883A Director-general delegations—approved care and protection organisations (1) The director-general may delegate any of the following to a responsible person for an approved kinship and foster care organisation: (a) the director-general’s functions under the following provisions: (i) division 14.3.4 (Care plans); (ii) part 14.13 (Annual review reports—parental responsibility provisions and supervision provisions);
(iii) division 15.4.1 (Placement with out-of-home carer); (iv) division 15.4.1A (Approval of carers); (v) division 15.5.2 (Transition plans); (vi) division 15.5.4 (Entitlement to personal items and access to protected information); (vii) section 863 (1) (Care teams—sharing safety and wellbeing information); (b) if parental responsibility for a child or young person is transferred to, or shared with, the director-general—the parental responsibility; (c) if, for a contact provision, the director-general is authorised to decide with whom a child or young person may have contact and to decide any conditions for the contact—the authority to decide. Note 1 The responsible person may subdelegate certain functions in certain circumstances (see s 883B). Note 2 The director-general must ensure the delegated or subdelegated function is properly exercised (see Legislation Act, s 238). In addition, the director-general may provide that the delegation has effect only in stated circumstances or subject to stated conditions, limitations or directions (see Legislation Act, s 234 and s 239). For other provisions about the making of delegations and the exercise of delegated functions, see the Legislation Act, pt 19.4. (2) The director-general may delegate any of the director-general’s functions under the following provisions to a responsible person for a residential care service: (a) division 14.3.4 (Care plans); (b) part 14.13 (Annual review reports—parental responsibility provisions and supervision provisions); (c) division 15.5.2 (Transition plans);
(d) division 15.5.4 (Entitlement to personal items and access to protected information); (e) section 863 (1) (Care teams—sharing safety and wellbeing information). contact provision—see section 485.