CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS (CARE AND PROTECTION) ACT 1998 - SECT 29AAA
Protection of persons who make reports or provide information to particular institutions
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS (CARE AND PROTECTION) ACT 1998 - SECT 29AAA
Protection of persons who make reports or provide information to particular institutions
29AAA Protection of persons who make reports or provide information to
particular institutions
(1) If, in relation to a child or young person or a class of children or
young persons, a person makes a report in good faith to an institution
engaging in child-related work about a child or young person that the person
making the report reasonably suspects is at risk of significant harm in the
institution--
(a) the making of the report does not constitute a breach of
professional etiquette or ethics or a departure from accepted standards of
professional conduct, and
(b) no liability for defamation is incurred because
of the report, and
(c) the making of the report does not constitute a ground
for civil or criminal liability against the person making the report.
(2) The
protections given by this section to a person who makes a report apply to--
(a) a person who provided information on the basis of which the report was
made in good faith to the institution, and
(b) a person who otherwise was in
good faith concerned in making such a report or causing such a report to be
made,
in the same way as they apply in respect of the person who actually made
the report.
Note : It is an offence under section 254 for a person to
disclose any information obtained in connection with the administration or
execution of this Act, except in certain circumstances. The maximum penalty is
10 penalty units (currently $1,100) or imprisonment for up to 12 months, or
both.
