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CurrentWhat is parental responsibility?
Chapter 1Preliminary
Part 1.3Important concepts
Division 1.3.2Parental responsibility
15 What is parental responsibility?
In this Act:
parental responsibility, for a child or young person, means all the duties, powers, responsibilities and authority parents have by law in relation to their children, including the following aspects of parental responsibility:
(a)
daily care responsibility for the child or young person;
(b)
long-term care responsibility for the child or young person.
Note
Daily care responsibility is dealt with in s 19.
Long-term care responsibility is dealt with in s 20.
This Act’s bill:Explanatory statementSecond reading speech
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