Western Australian Numbered Acts

CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES AMENDMENT ACT 2010 (NO. 49 OF 2010) - SECT 54

54 .         Section 29 amended

        (1)         Delete section 29(2) and insert:

        (2)         If a child is in provisional protection and care, the CEO, subject to any interim order in respect of the child, has responsibility for the day-to-day care, welfare and development of the child to the exclusion of any other person.

        (3A)         Without limiting subsection (2), the responsibility conferred by that subsection includes responsibility for making decisions about any medical or dental examination, treatment or procedure in respect of the child.

        (2)         In section 29(3):

            (a)         in paragraph (a) delete “38(2);” and insert:

                38(2) or (3)(b); or

            (b)         after paragraph (b) insert:

                or