Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 519

    (1)     The director-general may authorise, orally or in writing, a person—

        (a)     to exercise daily care responsibility for any child or young person for whom the director-general has daily care responsibility; or

        (b)     to exercise long-term care responsibility for any child or young person for whom the director-general has long-term care responsibility.

    (2)     However, the director-general may authorise a person only if satisfied that the person—

        (a)     is a suitable entity to exercise the responsibility for any child or young person; and

Note     Suitable entities are dealt with in s 61.

        (b)     has given the director-general suitability information required by the director-general about each other adult member of the person's household.

    (3)     The person must exercise the responsibility subject to any directions of the director-general.

Note 1     Under the Legislation Act, s 180, power given by a law to make a decision includes power to reverse or change the decision. The power to reverse or change the decision is exercisable in the same way, and subject to the same conditions, as the power to make the decision.

Note 2     A decision under this section is a reviewable decision (see  s 839).