Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 187

(1)     If a voluntary care agreement in relation to a child or young person expires or is ended, the chief executive—

        (a)     must return the child or young person to a former caregiver or other person as agreed between the parties to the voluntary care agreement; and

        (b)     has no parental responsibility for the child or young person once he or she is returned.

(2)     However, the chief executive is not required to return a child or young person if—

        (a)     emergency action is being taken in relation to the child or young person; or

        (b)     the chief executive has made an application to the court seeking parental responsibility for the child or young person.

(3)     Nothing in this section allows the chief executive to keep parental responsibility for the child or young person if the court refuses the application for parental responsibility.