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Public Health Act 2005
sec.213Offence to remove child
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### sec.213 Offence to remove child
This section applies if a child is held at a health service facility under this part.
A person must not—
obstruct a designated medical officer or another person involved in holding a child under a care and treatment order; or
remove the child—
from the facility; or
during transfer from one facility to another; or
if the child has been removed from the facility or during the transfer, keep the child.
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or 18 months imprisonment.
Subsection (2) applies whether the child is kept within or outside Queensland.
(sec.213-ssec.1) This section applies if a child is held at a health service facility under this part.
(sec.213-ssec.2) A person must not— obstruct a designated medical officer or another person involved in holding a child under a care and treatment order; or remove the child— from the facility; or during transfer from one facility to another; or if the child has been removed from the facility or during the transfer, keep the child. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or 18 months imprisonment.
(sec.213-ssec.3) Subsection (2) applies whether the child is kept within or outside Queensland.
- (a) obstruct a designated medical officer or another person involved in holding a child under a care and treatment order; or
- (b) remove the child— (i) from the facility; or (ii) during transfer from one facility to another; or
- (i) from the facility; or
- (ii) during transfer from one facility to another; or
- (c) if the child has been removed from the facility or during the transfer, keep the child.
- (i) from the facility; or
- (ii) during transfer from one facility to another; or