Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 347

    (1)     In the care and protection chapters:

"former caregiver" means—

        (a)     for a child or young person for whom it is proposed to make a voluntary care agreement—the person who is providing care for the child or young person when the agreement is proposed; or

        (b)     for any other child or young person—a person who was providing care for the child or young person immediately before parental responsibility for the child or young person was transferred to the director-general or someone else by order of the Childrens Court or operation of this Act, whether or not the person had that aspect of parental responsibility for the child or young person at that time.

    (2)     However, "former caregiver" does not include a person providing care for the child or young person—

        (a)     at a childcare centre, under a family day care scheme or otherwise for reward; or

        (b)     if the person provides care on a casual basis and is not a family member.