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Children’s Guardian Act 2019
81Principal officer of designated agency must not reside with children under agency’s care
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81 Principal officer of designated agency must not reside with children under agency’s care
81 Principal officer of designated agency must not reside with children under agency’s care
(1) The principal officer of a designated agency must not reside on the same property as a child who is in statutory out-of-home care or supported out-of-home care supervised by the designated agency.
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the principal officer resides with the child at a facility of the designated agency at which out-of-home care is provided.