Victorian Numbered Regulations

CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES REGULATIONS 2017 (SR NO 19 OF 2017) - REG 18

For the purposes of section 319(1)(c)(i) of the Act, the prescribed matters are—

        (a)     the health, including medical and psychiatric health, of the person; and

        (b)     the skills and experience of the person; and

        (c)     the capacity of the person to provide stability and continuity of care for the duration of the permanent care order; and

        (d)     the capacity of the person to promote and protect the child's safety, wellbeing and development for the duration of the permanent care order; and

        (e)     the capacity of the person to provide appropriate support for the maintenance of the child's religious faith (if any); and

        (f)     the capacity of the person to preserve the child's identity and connection to the child's culture of origin and relationships with the child's birth family; and

        (g)     the person's appreciation of the importance of—

              (i)     contact with the child's birth parent and family; and

              (ii)     exchange of information about the child with the child's birth parent and family; and

        (h)     the person's general character including any criminal history; and

              (i)     the person's relationship with other household and family members and any criminal records and history of the household members.