24Notifications by reporting bodies

#### 24 Notifications by reporting bodies 24 Notifications by reporting bodies > > (1) A notification by a reporting body under section 35 of the Act must be made in the form approved by the Children’s Guardian and submitted to the Children’s Guardian online via the website of the Children’s Guardian. > > > (2) The reporting body must, on the written request of the Children’s Guardian, provide the Children’s Guardian with copies of records of allegations, investigations and findings concerning the subject of the notification. > > > (3) Records of allegations, investigations and findings concerning the subject of any such notification must be kept by the reporting body or any successor of that body for not less than 30 years, unless the records are given to the Children’s Guardian. > > > (4) If a reporting body or any successor to a reporting body ceases to exist and there is no successor to that body, the body or successor must ensure that the records are lodged with the Children’s Guardian before the body or successor ceases to exist. > > > (5) A reporting body may amend or withdraw a notification, in writing to the Children’s Guardian, if— > > > > > (a) the finding the subject of the notification is quashed, withdrawn or amended, or > > > > > (b) there is an error in the notification or a finding the subject of the notification, or > > > > > (c) the notification is otherwise wrongly made, or > > > > > (d) the person the subject of the notification dies. > > > (6) An amendment or withdrawal of a notification on the basis of an error must be accompanied by a statutory declaration by or on behalf of the reporting body specifying the error and any correction of that error. > > > (7) A reporting body must, as soon as practicable after making a notification or amending or withdrawing a notification, give written notice to the child-related worker who is the subject of the notification, amendment or withdrawal. > > > (8) A reporting body must not, without reasonable excuse, contravene this clause. > > > > Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. > > **cll 24:** Am 2013 (269), Sch 1 \[2\].