Queensland Consolidated Acts

CHILD PROTECTION ACT 1999 - SECT 87

87 Chief executive to provide contact between child and child’s parents

(1) The chief executive must provide opportunity for contact between the child and the child’s parents and appropriate members of the child’s family as often as is appropriate in the circumstances.

(2) However, the chief executive may refuse to allow, or restrict or impose conditions on, contact between the child and the child’s parents or members of the child’s family, if the chief executive is satisfied it is in the child’s best interests to do so or it is not reasonably practicable in the circumstances for the parents or family member to have the contact.

(3) If the chief executive refuses to allow, or restricts or imposes conditions on contact between the child and a person, the chief executive must give written notice of the decision to each person affected by the decision.

(4) The notice mentioned in subsection (3) must comply with the QCAT Act , section 157 (2) .