24Approved person

#### 24 Approved person 24 Approved person > > (1) The Director-General of the Department of Community Services may designate persons who reside in or in the vicinity of an operational area to be approved persons with whom a person to whom this Division applies (or a person within a specified class of such persons) removed from a public place in a specified operational area may be placed under section 22 (5) (b). > > > (2) In deciding which persons should be designated under this section in respect of an Aboriginal child, the Director-General is to take into account (so far as they are applicable) the principles for placement of Aboriginal children set out in section 13 of the [Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1998-157). > > > (3) In deciding which persons should be designated under this section in respect of children other than Aboriginal children, the Director-General is to take into account the principle that children with a particular cultural heritage should preferably be placed with persons who are of a similar background or who understand their special needs. > > **s 24:** Am 1998 No 158, Sch 2.6 \[5\].