Children and Young People Act 2008
727NChildren and young people deaths register
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727N Children and young people deaths register (1) The CYP death review committee must keep a register (the children and young people deaths register) of— (a) the deaths of children and young people that occur in the ACT; and (b) the deaths that occur outside the ACT of children and young people who normally live in the ACT. Note Information in the register is protected information (see ch 25). (2) The register must include the following information in relation to the death of a child or young person that is available to the CYP death review committee: (a) the cause of the death of the child or young person; (b) the age and sex of the child or young person; (c) whether the child or young person is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person; (d) whether within 3 years before their death, the child or young person, or a sibling of the child or young person, was the subject of a voluntary report or a mandatory report; (e) anything else prescribed by regulation. (3) The register may contain— (a) any other demographic data available to the CYP death review committee; and
Part 19A.3 Register of deaths of children and young people (b) any information about a child or young person, or the circumstances of the child’s or young person’s death, that the committee considers relevant to exercise its reporting functions under part 19A.4; and (c) anything else the committee considers relevant. (4) The CYP death review committee— (a) must index the deaths on the register according to cause of death and age and sex of the children and young people; and (b) may also index the deaths in any other way the committee