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CARE AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN ACT 2007 (NO 37 OF 2007) - SECT 26 Reporting obligations

CARE AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN ACT 2007 (NO 37 OF 2007) - SECT 26

Reporting obligations

    (1)     A person is guilty of an offence if the person:

    (a)     believes, on reasonable grounds, that a child:

        (i)     has been or is likely to be a victim of a sexual offence; or

        (ii)     otherwise has suffered or is likely to suffer harm or exploitation; and

    (b)     does not, as soon as possible after forming that belief, report (orally or in writing) to the CEO or a police officer:

        (i)     that belief; and

        (ii)     any knowledge of the person forming the grounds for that belief; and

        (iii)     any factual circumstances on which that knowledge is based.

Maximum penalty:     200 penalty units.

    (2)     It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) if the defendant has a reasonable excuse.

    (3)     This section has effect despite any other provision in this Act or another law of the Territory.