Western Australian Consolidated Acts

CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 2004 - SECT 79

79 .         CEO may arrange placement of child

        (1)         In this section —

        child means a child who is in the CEO’s care.

        (2)         The CEO may make —

            (a)         an arrangement for the placement of a child —

                  (i)         with an individual approved by the CEO in accordance with the regulations; or

                  (ii)         with a person who has entered into an agreement under section 15(1) for the provision of placement services; or

                  (iii)         in a residential facility operated or managed by the Department or another public authority;

                or

            (b)         any other arrangement for the placement of the child that the CEO considers appropriate.

        (3A)         Subsection (2) does not authorise the CEO to make an arrangement for the placement of a child in a secure care facility.

        (3)         The CEO may at any time cancel a placement arrangement made in respect of a child and make another placement arrangement in respect of the child.

        (4)         Without limiting section 248(1), the regulations may make provision for and in relation to the approval of individuals for the purposes of subsection (2)(a)(i).

        [Section 79 amended by No. 49 of 2010 s. 8 and 61.]