New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS (CARE AND PROTECTION) ACT 1998 - SECT 149AA

149AA Care plan and other relevant information to be presented before order made under section 149

(1) The authorised carer applying for an order under section 149 awarding sole parental responsibility to the carer must present the following to the Children’s Court before the order is made:

(a) a care plan prepared, in accordance with this section, by the authorised carer or the principal officer of the designated agency that supervised the placement of the child or young person with the authorised carer,

(b) a copy of any report on the health, educational or social well-being of the child or young person that is available to the authorised carer and that is relevant to the care plan.

(2) Without limiting the information that must be contained in a care plan, it must contain information about the following:

(a) the residence of the child or young person,

(b) if the Children’s Court has made any contact order under section 86 in relation to contact of the child or young person with his or her parents, relatives, friends or other persons-the arrangements for contact,

(c) the education and training of the child or young person,

(d) the religious upbringing of the child or young person,

(e) the health care of the child or young person,

(f) the resources required to provide any services that need to be provided to the child or young person and the availability of those resources,

(g) any views the child or young person has expressed about any aspect of the care plan.

(3) The care plan is to be made as far as possible with the agreement of the parents of the child or young person concerned.

(4) The care plan is only enforceable to the extent to which its provisions are embodied in or approved by orders of the Children’s Court.

(5) Other requirements and the form of a care plan under this section may be prescribed by the regulations.