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Definition

A label that represents the legal reason/justification of an order to which a child was subject.

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Data Element (this item)

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Legal Basis Label X(150) ".
Description

Labels (values) provided are accurate as of February 2022

Data Type CHARACTERSTRING
Format X(150)
Maximum character length 150
Values
Value Meaning Start Date End Date
Permissible Values Supreme Court - Adoption
Care Order - Guardianship S79A(2)
Care order - Parental Responsibility (other than Guardianship) - s79(1)
Care Order - Parental Responsibility to one parent to the exclusion of another parent S79(1)(a)(i)
Care Order - Parental Responsibility solely to Minister S79(1)(b)
Family Court - Parental Responsibility
Care Order - Parental Responsibility to one or both parents and to the Minister or another person or persons jointly S79(1)(a)(ii)
"Administrative Care Order - Accommodation, care and maintenance to interstate ward S231Z"
Care Order - Parental-Resp. (Another Suitable Person) S79(1)(a)(iii)
Assumption of Care Responsibility S44
Removal S43(1)
Temporary Care Arrangements
Care Order - Parental Responsibility to both parents
Family Court - Parental Responsibility to a third party
Care Order - Parental Responsibility to a third party
Remove by Warrant (Gen-S233)
Care Order - Register Transferred Interstate Care Order
S72W
ADOP
Care Order - Parental-Resp. (To One Parent) S79(1)(a)(i)
Family Court - Parental Responsibility to the Minister/DG
S62A
Immigration (Guardianship Children) Order - Non Citizen Child
Immigration (Guardianship Children) Order - Detached Child/Young Person
Care Order - Emergency Care and Protection Order S46(1)
Administrative Care Order - Declaration by Minister concerning parental responsibility. (Interstate Ward) S231ZA(1)
Supreme Court - Parental Responsibility to Minister/DG
Family Court - Parental Responsibility jointly to Minister and another person
Removal S43(2)
S72Y
AVC
Care Order - Parental-Resp. (Parents & Another Person) S79(1)(a)(ii)
Removal S43(3)
Immigration (Guardianship Children) Order - Waiting For Overseas Adoption

Comments

Legal reason/justification labels (values) provided are accurate as of February 2022

Origin

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2016. Child protection national minimum data set, data collection manual 2015-16. Canberra: AIHW.

Related content

Relation Count
Input in Derivations 0
Output in Derivations 0
Inclusion in Data Set Specifications 0
Inclusion in Data Distributions 2
As a numerator in an Indicator 7
As a denominator in an Indicator 1
As a disaggregation in an Indicator 1