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Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998
54Assessment of person’s capacity for parental responsibility
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#### 54 Assessment of person’s capacity for parental responsibility
54 Assessment of person’s capacity for parental responsibility
> > (1) The Children’s Court may, for the purposes of an assessment order, appoint a person to assess the capacity of a person with parental responsibility, or who is seeking parental responsibility, for a child or young person to carry out that responsibility.
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> > (2) Such an assessment may be carried out only with the consent of the person whose capacity is to be assessed.
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> > (3) This Division applies to such an assessment in the same way as it applies to the assessment of a child or young person.