140EFamily responsibility agreement

140E Family responsibility agreement (1) A family responsibility agreement may provide as follows: (a) it may require a parent to undertake counselling or therapy directed at helping the parent to overcome addictive, destructive or damaging behaviour; (b) it may require a parent to: (i) undertake counselling to provide guidance in the effective discharge of the parent's parental responsibilities; or (ii) join and participate in the activities of an appropriate support group; or (iii) undertake any other relevant course or program of personal development (including, if appropriate, a residential course or program); (c) it may require a parent to exercise proper care and supervision of the youth and, in particular, to take all reasonable steps to ensure that: (i) the youth attends school; and (ii) the youth keeps away from, and avoids contact with, persons named or described in the agreement; and (iii) the youth keeps away from places described in the agreement; (d) it may contain any other provisions, relevant to the effective care and supervision of the youth, that are agreed between the parties. (2) A family responsibility agreement remains in force for a term stated in the agreement but the term cannot: (a) exceed 12 months; or (b) extend beyond the date on which the youth turns 18.

Youth Justice Act 2005 89 (3) Before entering into a family responsibility agreement, the appropriate Agency must: (a) ensure facilities and services reasonably required by the parent or parents to comply with the agreement are reasonably available to the parent or parents in the relevant region; and (b) consider the following: (i) the circumstances of the youth's family and the likely effect of the agreement on the family; (ii) whether the youth, or a parent of the youth, suffers from a physical or mental disability or condition that causes or contributes to the youth's behavioural problems; (iii) the outcome of any inquiry under Division 3; and (c) ensure procedures are in place for the family responsibility agreement to be regularly reviewed to assess the parent's or parents' compliance and capacity to comply with it.