CHILD PROTECTION ACT 1999 - SECT 159L Responsibilities of the core members

CHILD PROTECTION ACT 1999 - SECT 159L

159L Responsibilities of the core members

The responsibilities of the core members are as follows—

(a) to contribute to the operation of the SCAN system through representatives who have appropriate knowledge and experience in child protection;

(b) to use their best endeavours to agree on recommendations to give to the chief executive about assessing and responding to the protection needs of particular children and, for that purpose, to—

(i) share information about the children, their families and other persons; and

(ii) identify relevant resources of members or other entities;

(c) to take the action required under the recommendations;

(d) to monitor the implementation of the recommendations and review their effectiveness;

(e) to invite and facilitate contributions from other prescribed entities or service providers with knowledge, experience or resources that would help achieve the purpose of the SCAN system.