Victorian Numbered Acts

CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES AMENDMENT ACT 2013 (NO. 52 OF 2013) - SECT 27

    (1)     For the heading to section 242 of the Principal Act substitute —

" Actions on placing child in emergency care ".

    (2)     In section 242(1) of the Principal Act—

        (a)     for "taking a child into safe custody" substitute "placing a child in emergency care"; and

        (b)     for "taking of children into safe custody" substitute "placing of children in emergency care".

    (3)     For section 242(2), (3) and (4) of the Principal Act substitute —

    "(2)     If a child has been placed in emergency care under section 241, the Court must hear an application for an interim accommodation order in respect of the child as soon as practicable and in any event within one working day after the child was placed in emergency care.

    (3)     Unless the Court hears an application for an interim accommodation order within 24 hours after the child was placed in emergency care, a bail justice must hear an application for an interim accommodation order in respect of the child as soon as possible within that period of 24 hours.".

    (4)     In section 242(5) of the Principal Act, for "Until a child taken into safe custody under section 241 is brought before the Court or a bail justice for the making of an interim accommodation order, the child" substitute "Until an application for an interim accommodation order is made to the Court or a bail justice, a child placed in emergency care under section 241".