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CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 2004 (NO. 34 OF 2004) - SECT 97

97 .         Entitlement to personal material

        (1)         In this section —

        “personal material” , in relation to a child, means —

            (a)         the child’s birth certificate;

            (b)         the child’s passport;

            (c)         any school report or other report relating to the child’s education;

            (d)         any photograph of the child; or

            (e)         any other document or material relating to the child that is prescribed, or of a class prescribed, in the regulations.

        (2)         When a child leaves the CEO’s care, the child has a right to the possession, free of charge, of any personal material held by the Department or by any person or body who or which has provided care for the child under a placement arrangement.



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