CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS (CARE AND PROTECTION) ACT 1998 - SECT 30 Secretary's investigations and assessment

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS (CARE AND PROTECTION) ACT 1998 - SECT 30

30 Secretary's investigations and assessment

On receipt of a report that a child or young person is suspected of being at risk of significant harm--

(a) the Secretary is to make such investigations and assessment as the Secretary considers necessary to determine whether the child or young person is at risk of significant harm, or

(b) the Secretary may decide to take no further action if, on the basis of the information provided, the Secretary considers that there is insufficient reason to believe that the child or young person is at risk of significant harm.

Note : Under section 248, the Secretary may direct certain bodies, including the NSW Police Force, a government department or agency, a public authority, a school, a local health district and a hospital to furnish the Secretary with information concerning the safety, welfare and well-being of a child or young person.

Under section 17(2), the Secretary may request government departments or agencies, or non-government agencies in receipt of government funding, to provide prioritised access to services to children or young persons who are at risk of significant harm and to their families.