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Child Protection Act 1999
sec.13IReporting obligation arises when reportable suspicion is formed
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### sec.13I Reporting obligation arises when reportable suspicion is formed
To remove any doubt, it is declared that—
a relevant person is not required to give a report under section 13G until the person has formed a reportable suspicion about a child; and
After observing injuries on a child’s body, a doctor or teacher considers it possible that a parent of the child has physically abused the child or failed to protect the child from physical abuse. After obtaining further information about the family’s circumstances, the doctor or teacher forms a reportable suspicion about the child under section 13E .
once a relevant person has formed a reportable suspicion about a child, the person must comply with section 13G even though the person is taking, or has taken, other action in relation to the child.
s 13I ins 2014 No. 28 s 6
- (a) a relevant person is not required to give a report under section 13G until the person has formed a reportable suspicion about a child; and Example— After observing injuries on a child’s body, a doctor or teacher considers it possible that a parent of the child has physically abused the child or failed to protect the child from physical abuse. After obtaining further information about the family’s circumstances, the doctor or teacher forms a reportable suspicion about the child under section 13E .
- (b) once a relevant person has formed a reportable suspicion about a child, the person must comply with section 13G even though the person is taking, or has taken, other action in relation to the child.