Children and Young People Act 2008

The director-general must not issue an approved carer approval for longer than 5 years.

A person may apply to the director-general to renew the approval for a period not longer than 5 years.

The application must be—

in writing; and

received by the director-general at least 30 days before the approval expires.

However, the director-general may extend the time for making an application.

A person may apply for the time to be extended, and the time may be extended, even though the time has ended (see Legislation Act, s 151C).

If a person applies to renew an approval under this section, the approval remains in force until the application is decided.

If a person’s approval expires, any of the following authorisations held by the person also end:

authorisation as a kinship carer under section 516 (Kinship carer—specific parental authority);

authorisation as a foster carer under section 518 (Foster carer—specific parental authority).