Children and Young People Act 2008

The director‑general has the following functions:

providing, or assisting in providing, services directed to strengthening and supporting families in relation to the safety, welfare and wellbeing of their children and young people;

providing, or assisting in providing, support and services to families to—

reduce the risk of significant harm to children and young people; and

protect children and young people if a risk of significant harm has been identified;

providing, or assisting in providing, information to parents, kinship carers and foster carers, prospective kinship carers and foster carers, government agencies, non-government agencies and members of the community about the operation of this Act;

providing, or assisting in providing, information to mandated reporters to help them perform their legal obligation;

providing, or assisting in providing, information to people who report to the director-general under part 11.1 (Care and protection—reporting risk of significant harm) and encouraging them to continue their involvement in matters arising from their report;

providing, or assisting in providing, services for the safety and wellbeing of children and young people;

providing, or assisting in providing, services for the safety and wellbeing of children and young people who carry out, or are at risk of carrying out, harmful conduct;

exercising aspects of parental responsibility for children and young people;

providing, or assisting in providing, information, services or assistance to children and young people who have left the director‑general’s care;

providing, or assisting in providing, services for—

children and young people being dealt with by a police officer or held in police custody, whether or not charges can be or have been laid against them; and

young people being dealt with under the criminal law system;

providing, or assisting in providing, services for—

adults under 21 years old (young adults) being dealt with by a police officer or held in police custody for an offence committed or allegedly committed by them when under 18 years old (a youth offence), whether or not charges can be or have been laid against them for the youth offence; and

young adults being dealt with under the criminal law system for youth offences;

providing, or assisting in providing—

supervision or reasonable direction of a person who is required, under a condition of the person’s bail, to accept supervision or reasonable direction by the director‑general; or

support or assistance that the director-general is required to provide in relation to a condition of a person’s bail;

providing, or assisting in providing, services for young offenders, including by ensuring the provision of the care, support, rehabilitation and guidance necessary for them to become rehabilitated and reintegrated community members;

working with other government agencies and community organisations, to coordinate and promote the care and protection of children and young people, including young offenders.

The director‑general has all the functions of an authorised person.

A provision of a law that gives an entity (including a person) a function also gives the entity powers necessary and convenient to exercise the function (see Legislation Act, s 196 and dict, pt 1, def entity).