22EExemption from notification by reporting bodies of certain historic matters

22E Exemption from notification by reporting bodies of certain historic matters

22E Exemption from notification by reporting bodies of certain historic matters

(1) A reporting body within the meaning of section 35 of the Act is exempt from the requirement under that section to notify the Children’s Guardian in respect of a finding made by the reporting body before 3 July 1995.

(2) This clause does not apply in respect of a finding made by a reporting body if the Children’s Guardian gives a written direction to the reporting body that this clause does not apply to the finding.

(3) 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).

(4) Nothing in this clause prevents a reporting body from notifying the Children’s Guardian under section 35 of the Act about a finding in respect of which an exemption under this clause applies.

(5) This clause ceases to have effect on 29 October 2016.

cl 22E: Ins 2014 (681), Sch 1 [3]. Am 2015 (656), cl 3.