Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 17

    (1)     Parental responsibility may be transferred from a person to someone else under—

        (a)     a family group conference agreement; or

Note     Family group conferences are dealt with in ch 3 and ch 12.

        (b)     an appraisal order including a temporary parental responsibility provision; or

Note     Appraisal orders and temporary parental responsibility provisions are dealt with in s 372 and s 373.

        (c)     emergency action; or

Note     Emergency action is dealt with in pt 13.1.

        (d)     a care and protection order including a parental responsibility provision; or

Note     Care and protection orders are dealt with in ch 14.

        (e)     a safe custody warrant; or

        (f)     a court order (under this Act or another law in force in the Territory); or

Example—court order under another law

a parenting order under the Family Law Act 1975 (Cwlth)

Note     An example is part of the Act, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act, s 126 and s 132).

        (g)     a provision of another law in force in the Territory.

    (2)     If parental responsibility is transferred from a person to someone else—

        (a)     only the aspect of parental responsibility expressly stated to be transferred is transferred; and

        (b)     no-one else's parental responsibility, or aspect of parental responsibility, for the child or young person is diminished except to the extent expressly stated or necessary to give effect to the transfer.