Victorian Numbered Acts

CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES AMENDMENT (PERMANENT CARE AND OTHER MATTERS) ACT 2014 (NO. 61 OF 2014) - SECT 64

After section 325 of the Principal Act insert —

        " 325A     Change to nature of order

    (1)     The Secretary must notify the Court if the Secretary is informed that each person conferred parental responsibility for the child under a permanent care order has died.

    (2)     On and from the date that notice is given by the Secretary to the Court under subsection (1)—

        (a)     the Secretary is taken to have sole parental responsibility for the child; and

        (b)     the permanent care order is taken to be a care by Secretary order; and

        (c)     Division 7 of Part 4.9 applies to the order; and

        (d)     the order ceases to be a permanent care order for the purposes of this Act.

    (3)     The Secretary must notify the following of the change of order under this section—

        (a)     the person who has the care of the child;

        (b)     if the child is aged 10 years or over, the child;

        (c)     the parent of the child.".