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CHILD PROTECTION ACT 1999 - SECT 159
Payments for care and maintenance
159 Payments for care and maintenance
(1) The chief executive may pay the allowance decided by the chief executive
to a child’s carer, long-term guardian or permanent guardian for the
child’s care and maintenance.
(2) Also, the chief executive may pay the
amount decided by the chief executive towards expenses incurred in the care
and maintenance of a person who has been a child in the custody or under the
guardianship of the chief executive to the person or the person’s carer to
help the person with the transition from being a child in care to
independence.
(3) A payment may be made to the person or the person’s carer
under subsection (2) whether the person is a child or an adult.
(4)
Subsections (1) and (2) have effect subject to appropriation by Parliament of
an amount for the purposes.
(5) For subsection (1) , the amount of the
allowance must be worked out under a written policy of the department about
the payment of allowances to carers, long-term guardians or permanent
guardians for a child’s care and maintenance.
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