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Child Protection Act 1999
sec.159LResponsibilities of the core members
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### sec.159L Responsibilities of the core members
The responsibilities of the core members are as follows—
to contribute to the operation of the SCAN system through representatives who have appropriate knowledge and experience in child protection;
to use their best endeavours to agree on recommendations to give to the chief executive about assessing and responding to the protection needs of particular children and, for that purpose, to—
share information about the children, their families and other persons; and
identify relevant resources of members or other entities;
to take the action required under the recommendations;
to monitor the implementation of the recommendations and review their effectiveness;
to invite and facilitate contributions from other prescribed entities or service providers with knowledge, experience or resources that would help achieve the purpose of the SCAN system.
s 159L ins 2004 No. 36 s 24
amd 2017 No. 44 s 60
- (a) to contribute to the operation of the SCAN system through representatives who have appropriate knowledge and experience in child protection;
- (b) to use their best endeavours to agree on recommendations to give to the chief executive about assessing and responding to the protection needs of particular children and, for that purpose, to— (i) share information about the children, their families and other persons; and (ii) identify relevant resources of members or other entities;
- (i) share information about the children, their families and other persons; and
- (ii) identify relevant resources of members or other entities;
- (c) to take the action required under the recommendations;
- (d) to monitor the implementation of the recommendations and review their effectiveness;
- (e) to invite and facilitate contributions from other prescribed entities or service providers with knowledge, experience or resources that would help achieve the purpose of the SCAN system.
- (i) share information about the children, their families and other persons; and
- (ii) identify relevant resources of members or other entities;