Children and Young People Act 2008
887Standard-making power
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887 Standard-making power (1) The Minister may make standards for this Act. (2) The standards may make provision for the following: (a) the conduct of family group conferences and the implementation of family group conference agreements (family group conference standards); (b) the operation of approved care and protection organisations (care and protection organisation standards); Note Approved care and protection organisations are dealt with in pt 10.4. (c) the conduct of drug testing under a drug use provision in a care and protection order (drug testing standards); Note Drug use provisions in care and protection orders are dealt with in pt 14.9. (d) the care to be provided for children and young people by out-of- home carers (out-of-home care standards); Note Out-of-home care is dealt with in pt 15.4.
(e) the operation of intensive therapy places and services (intensive therapy standards); Note A child or young person may be confined at an intensive therapy place under an intensive therapy order (see pt 16.2). (f) the operation of childcare services (childcare services standards); Note Childcare services are dealt with in ch 20. (g) employers of children and young people (children and young people employment standards); Note Employment of children and young people is dealt with in ch 21. (h) the requirements for the operation of work experience programs (work experience standards); Note Work experience programs are dealt with in pt 21.2. (i) research involving children and young people (research standards); Note Research is dealt with in ch 22. (j) the giving and seeking of protected information by the director-general under chapter 25 (information sharing standards). (3) A standard is a disallowable instrument.