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Registration to Work with Vulnerable People Act 2013
53ADuty of reporting body to notify of reportable behaviour
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### 53A Duty of reporting body to notify of reportable behaviour
> [*\[Section 53A Inserted by No. 46 of 2015, s. 33, Applied:27 Nov 2015\]*](/view/html/inforce/2015-11-27/act-2015-046#GS33@EN) [*\[Section 53A Substituted by No. 18 of 2019, s. 38, Applied:01 Feb 2021\]*](/view/html/inforce/2021-02-01/act-2019-018#GS38@EN)
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> > (1) If a reporting body becomes aware by any means, or suspects on reasonable grounds, that a registered person has engaged, or may have engaged, in reportable behaviour, the reporting body is to notify the Registrar, as soon as practicable, of the name and other identifying particulars of the person and of the behaviour.
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> > (2) [Subsection (1)](#GS53A@Gs1@EN) applies whether or not the reporting body became aware of the reportable behaviour before or after the commencement of this Act.