Queensland Consolidated Acts

CHILD PROTECTION ACT 1999 - SECT 163

163 Offence to remove child from carer—order made in another State

(1) This section applies if an interstate officer for another State has responsibility for the custody or guardianship of a child, however that responsibility is described, under an order made under a child welfare law or interstate law of that State.

(2) A person must not, in Queensland—

(a) unlawfully remove the child from the care of the child’s carer; or

(b) if the child has been unlawfully removed from the care of the child’s carer—keep the child; or

(c) if the child has been lawfully removed from the care of the child’s carer—keep the child beyond the period allowed for the removal.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—150 penalty units or 18 months imprisonment.

(3) In this section—

"carer" , of a child, means the entity in whose care the child has been placed under the law of the other State.