8IPrescribed agencies to develop and implement plans

8I Prescribed agencies to develop and implement plans

8I Prescribed agencies to develop and implement plans

(1) A prescribed agency must develop and implement a child safe action plan within—

(a) 12 months of becoming a prescribed agency, or

(b) a longer period approved in writing by the Children’s Guardian.

(2) A child safe action plan must cover the full scope of the agency’s child related operations unless—

(a) the Children’s Guardian gives written approval for the agency to develop and implement an additional plan for a specified area of operations, and

(b) the additional plan addresses only the parts of the agency’s operations specified in the approval.

s 8I: Ins 2021 No 30, Sch 1[3].