4Meaning of "at risk"

### 4 Meaning of "at risk" > [*\[Section 4 Substituted by No. 78 of 1999, s. 4, Applied:01 Jul 2000\]*](/view/html/inforce/2000-07-01/act-1999-078#GS4@EN) > > > (1)  For the purposes of this Act, a child is at risk if – > > > > > > (a) the child has been, is being, or is likely to be, abused or neglected; or > > > > > > > (b) any person with whom the child resides or who has frequent contact with the child (whether the person is or is not a guardian of the child) – > > > > > > > > > > (i) has threatened to kill or abuse or neglect the child and there is a reasonable likelihood of the threat being carried out; or > > > > > > > > > > > (ii) has killed or abused or neglected some other child or an adult and there is a reasonable likelihood of the child in question being killed, abused or neglected by that person; or > > > > > > > (ba) [*\[Section 4 Subsection (1) amended by No. 67 of 2004, Sched. 1, Applied:30 Mar 2005\]*](/view/html/inforce/2005-03-30/act-2004-067#JS1@Ja2@GC1@EN) the child is an affected child within the meaning of the [Family Violence Act 2004](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2004-067) ; or > > > > > > > (c) the guardians of the child are – > > > > > > > > > > (i) unable to maintain the child; or > > > > > > > > > > > (ii) unable to exercise adequate supervision and control over the child; or > > > > > > > > > > > (iii) unwilling to maintain the child; or > > > > > > > > > > > (iv) unwilling to exercise adequate supervision and control over the child; or > > > > > > > > > > > (v) dead, have abandoned the child or cannot be found after reasonable inquiry; or > > > > > > > > > > > (vi) are unwilling or unable to prevent the child from suffering abuse or neglect; or > > > > > > > (d) [*\[Section 4 Subsection (1) amended by No. 45 of 2008, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jan 2009\]*](/view/html/inforce/2009-01-01/act-2008-045#JS1@Ja1@GC1@EN) the child is under 16 years of age and does not, without lawful excuse, attend a school, or other educational or training institution, regularly. > > > (2)  For the purposes of [subsection (1)](#GS4@Gs1@EN) , it does not matter whether the conduct that puts a child at risk occurred or, as the case requires, is likely to occur wholly or partly outside Tasmania.