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#### 35 Notification by reporting bodies of conduct constituting assessment requirement trigger
35 Notification by reporting bodies of conduct constituting assessment requirement trigger
> > (1) It is the duty of a reporting body to notify the Children’s Guardian of the name and other identifying particulars of any child-related worker against whom the reporting body has made a finding that the worker has engaged in conduct specified in clause 2 of Schedule 1.
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> > (1A) (Repealed)
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> > (2) Notification under this section does not extend to findings made by the reporting body before 3 July 1995 unless—
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> > > (a) the reporting body is otherwise directed in writing by the Children’s Guardian in respect of a finding made by the reporting body, or
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> > > (b) a person holding a key position in the organisation has knowledge of a finding made by the reporting body.
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> > (2A) A direction of the Children’s Guardian may specify a particular finding or may specify findings of a particular class (such as findings against a specified person or findings during a specified period).
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> > (2B) Nothing in this section—
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> > > (a) prevents a reporting body from notifying the Children’s Guardian about a finding made before 3 July 1995, or
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> > > (b) requires a reporting body or a person holding a key position to review or to seek out records created before 3 July 1995, otherwise than in accordance with a direction given under this section.
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> > (3) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the following—
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> > > (a) the form of any such notification,
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> > > (b) the provision by reporting bodies of further particulars of any such matter, or any potential such matter, if requested by the Children’s Guardian,
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> > > (c) the keeping of records by reporting bodies of information about such matters or potential such matters supplied to the Children’s Guardian,
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> > > (d) the amendment or withdrawal of a notification by a reporting body.
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> > (4) In this section—
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> > reporting body means the following—
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> > > (a), (b) (Repealed)
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> > > (c) a registration or other licensing authority constituted under an Act,
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> > > (c1), (d) (Repealed)
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> > > (e) any other employer or professional or other body that supervises the conduct of an employee prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section.
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> **s 35:** Am 2013 No 31, Sch 1 \[4\]; 2015 No 29, Sch 2 \[32\] \[33\]; 2015 No 58, Sch 3.14; 2016 No 56, Sch 1 \[12\]; 2019 No 25, Sch 5.6\[3\] \[4\].