New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS (CARE AND PROTECTION) ACT 1998 - SECT 153

153 Operation of other supported out-of-home care

(1) The Secretary may provide support in respect of the residential care and control of a child or young person that is provided--

(a) by a relative or kin who has, by virtue of a relevant court order, parental responsibility for the child or young person, and

(b) at a place other than the usual home of the child or young person.

(2) In this section--

"relevant court order" means--

(a) an order of the Children's Court, or

(b) a parenting order in favour of the relative or kin under the Family Law Act 1975 of the Commonwealth made in respect of proceedings to which the Secretary was a party.