The provincial ''[http://canlii.ca/t/84dv Child, Family and Community Service Act]'' gives the government, specifically the [http://www.gov.bc.ca/mcf/ Ministry for Children and Family Development], the power to intervene when children are believed to be suffering from abuse or neglect or are at risk of suffering from abuse or neglect. The act regulates the conditions under which child protection workers may intervene, when children can be seized, the conditions in which children may be placed in the care of the government, and specifies the authority and powers of child protection workers.