Section 184 Child’s Right Act
Section 184 Child’s Right Act 2003 is about Recoupment of cost of providing services, etc. It is under Part XV (State Government Support for Children and Families) of the Act.
(1) Where a State Government provides any service under section 175 or 177 of this Act, other than advice, guidance or counselling, it may recover from a person specified in subsection (4) of this section such charges for the service as may be considered reasonable.
(2) Where the State Government is satisfied that the means of the person specified in Subsection (4) of this section are insufficient for it to be reasonably practicable for him to pay the charges under Subsection (1) of this section, it shall not require him to pay more than he can reasonably be expected to pay.
(3) No person shall be liable to pay any charge under Subsection (1) of this section at any time when he is in receipt of income support or family credit under any law.
(4) The persons referred to in subsections (1), (2) and (3) of this section are, where the service is provided for‐
(a) a child under the age of eighteen years who is cot in gainful employment, each of his parents ;
(b) a child who has attained the age of eighteen years, who is in gainful employment, the child himself; and
(c) a member of the child’s family, that member.
(5) Any charge under subsection (1) of this section may, without prejudice to any other method of recovery, be recovered summarily as a civil debt.
(6) Where the State Government provides an accommodation under section 178 (1) of this Act for a child who was, immediately before it began to look after him, ordinarily resident within the area of another State Government, the State Government may recover from that other State Government any reasonable expenses incurred by it in providing the accommodation and maintaining the child.
(7) Where a State Government provides accommodation under section 178 (1) and (2) (a) of this Act for a child who is ordinarily resident in another State and it is not maintaining the child in‐
(a) a community home provided by it;
(b) a controlled community home; or
(c) a Government hospital
it may recover from that other State Government any reasonable expenses incurred by it in providing
the accommodation and maintaining the child.
(8) Where a State Government complies with any request under sections 178 (2) and 186 (1) of this Act in relation to a child or other person who is not ordinarily resident in the State, it may recover from the State Government in whose State the child or person is ordinarily resident any expenses reasonably incurred by it in respect of that child or person.
(9) Part III of the Eight Schedule to this Act contains provisions for contributions towards the maintenance of children who are being looked after by State Governments.
