79EEntry to premises of prospective guardians

79E Entry to premises of prospective guardians

79E Entry to premises of prospective guardians

(1) For the purposes of assessing a prospective guardian’s suitability to be a guardian, a supervising person may, with the consent of the prospective guardian—

(a) enter and inspect the residential premises of the prospective guardian where a child or young person is intended to reside, and

(b) inspect a document or thing on the premises, and

(c) interview the prospective guardian, and

(d) interview any other person on the premises.

(2) An assessment of a prospective guardian’s suitability extends to the assessment of persons residing on the same property as the prospective guardian for 3 weeks or more.

(3) In this section—

reside on a property has the same meaning as in the Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012.

supervising person means—

(a) the Secretary, or

(b) if the prospective guardian is an authorised carer—an officer or employee of the designated agency that—

(i) authorised the prospective guardian as an authorised carer, or

(ii) has supervisory responsibility for a child or young person in the care of the authorised carer.

s 79E: Ins 2020 No 31, Sch 2.1[1].