10Meaning of *serious incident*

10 Meaning of *serious incident*

For the purposes of the definition of serious incident in section 3(1) of the Act, each of the following is prescribed as a serious incident—

(a) the death of a child—

(i) while that child is being educated and cared for by a children's service; or

(ii) following an incident occurring while that child was being educated and cared for by a children's service;

(b) any incident involving serious injury or trauma to a child occurring while that child is being educated and cared for by a children's service—

(i) which a reasonable person would consider required urgent medical attention from a registered medical practitioner; or

(ii) for which the child attended, or ought reasonably to have attended, a hospital;

A broken limb.

(c) any incident involving serious illness of a child occurring while that child is being educated and cared for by a children's service for which the child attended, or ought reasonably to have attended, a hospital;

Severe asthma attack, seizure or anaphylaxis reaction.

(d) any emergency for which emergency services attended;

(e) any circumstance where a child being educated and cared for by a children's service—

(i) appears to be missing or cannot be accounted for; or

(ii) appears to have been taken or removed from the children's service premises in a manner that contravenes these Regulations; or

(iii) is mistakenly locked in or locked out of the children's service premises or any part of the premises.