Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2018

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

The proposal would change child care law so that, when a child needs urgent protection, a child care service provider can lawfully keep the child in its care before an emergency care order is made. It also makes clear that the provider has a direct duty of care to the child while doing so, and that this arrangement would not count as a fostering relationship. It matters because it aims to remove legal uncertainty in emergency child protection situations.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to amend section 12 of the Child Care Act 1991 to ensure that a child care service provider has lawful authority to retain custody of a child prior to the making of any emergency care order

Last updated 13 February 2020