Vulnerable child
7 Vulnerable child
A vulnerable child is any of the following:
(a) a child who is the subject of the exercise of a power or performance of a function under Chapter 2 of the Care and Protection of Children Act 2007;
(b) a child who has been arrested or is on bail, or in relation to whom an order made under the Youth Justice Act 2005 is in force;
(c) a child in relation to whom an order made under the Volatile Substance Abuse Prevention Act 2005 is in force;
(d) a child who is suffering from a mental illness or is mentally disturbed;
a child who has a disability;
(f) a child who has sought or is seeking child-related services, or for whom a family member of the child has sought or is seeking child-related services, for any of the following:
the prevention of harm to, or exploitation of, the child;
the protection of the child;
care or support of the child;
a person prescribed by regulation.
(2) In addition, a young person who has left the CEO's care is taken to be a vulnerable child.
A regulation may prescribe particular child-related services:
as services covered by subsection (1)(f); or
as services not covered by subsection (1)(f).
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