New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS (CARE AND PROTECTION) ACT 1998 - SECT 137B

137B Entry to premises of authorised carers

(1) This section applies to the residential premises of an authorised carer if the premises are the place where a child or young person in the care of the authorised carer resides or is intended to reside.

(2) It is a condition of an authorised carer's authorisation that a supervising person may, at a reasonable hour and on reasonable notice, enter and inspect the premises under Chapter 15, Part 3 for the purposes of--

(a) assessing the suitability of the authorised carer, or

(b) supervising the placement of a child or young person in the care of the authorised carer.

(3) The powers of entry and inspection extend to the assessment of persons residing on the same property as the authorised carer for 3 weeks or more.

(4) In this section--

"supervising person" means--

(a) the Secretary, or

(b) an officer or employee of the designated agency that has supervisory responsibility for a child or young person in the care of an authorised carer.

Note : See the definition of
"authorised carer" in section 137(1). An authorised carer includes an individual provisionally authorised as an authorised carer by a designated agency.