P-34.1 - Youth Protection Act

Section 53 Disposition versions

2022-04-26

53. An agreement on voluntary measures must be recorded in writing and not exceed one year. The director may reach one or more consecutive agreements with a total term of up to three years.

However, if the last agreement containing a measure entrusting the child under subparagraph e, e.1 or j of the first paragraph of section 54 ends during a school year, the agreement may be extended until the end of the school year if a child 14 years of age or over consents to the extension; if the child is under 14 years of age, the last agreement may be extended for the same period with the consent of the parents and the director.

An institution that operates a rehabilitation centre that is designated by the director must admit the child.

1977, c. 20, s. 53; 1984, c. 4, s. 27; 1994, c. 35, s. 32; 2006, c. 34, s. 27; 2017, c. 18, s. 29; 2022, c. 11, s. 34.

2019-01-28

53. An agreement on voluntary measures must be recorded in writing and not exceed one year. The director may reach one or more consecutive agreements with a total term of up to two years.

However, if the last agreement containing a measure entrusting the child under subparagraph e, e.1 or j of the first paragraph of section 54 ends during a school year, the agreement may be extended until the end of the school year if a child 14 years of age or over consents to the extension; if the child is under 14 years of age, the last agreement may be extended for the same period with the consent of the parents and the director.

An institution that operates a rehabilitation centre that is designated by the director must admit the child.

1977, c. 20, s. 53; 1984, c. 4, s. 27; 1994, c. 35, s. 32; 2006, c. 34, s. 27; 2017, c. 18, s. 29.

2007-07-09

53. An agreement on voluntary measures must be recorded in writing and not exceed one year. The director may reach one or more consecutive agreements with a total term of up to two years.

However, if the last agreement containing a foster care measure referred to in subparagraph j of the first paragraph of section 54 ends during a school year, the agreement may be extended until the end of the school year if a child 14 years of age or over consents to the extension; if the child is under 14 years of age, the last agreement may be extended for the same period with the consent of the parents and the director.

An institution that operates a rehabilitation centre that is designated by the director must admit the child.

1977, c. 20, s. 53; 1984, c. 4, s. 27; 1994, c. 35, s. 32; 2006, c. 34, s. 27.

1994-09-01

53. The agreement on voluntary measures must be recorded in a writing. The term of the agreement shall not exceed one year.

The director may, however, reach a new agreement if he believes, in light of the child’s current situation, that the new agreement is likely within a reasonable time to put an end to the situation in which the security or development of the child is in danger. A new agreement shall not be renewed and its term shall not exceed one year.

1977, c. 20, s. 53; 1984, c. 4, s. 27; 1994, c. 35, s. 32.

1984-04-04

53. The modalities of the agreement reached between the child, if he is 14 years of age or older, the parents and the director must be recorded in writing.

The term of the agreement shall not exceed one year.

1977, c. 20, s. 53; 1984, c. 4, s. 27.

1979-01-15

53. Where the parents and the child, if he is fourteen years of age or older, agree to the application of voluntary measures, their consent must be given in the manner provided for in the regulations made under subparagraph b of the first paragraph of section 132.

1977, c. 20, s. 53.