CHILDREN, YOUNG PERSONS AND THEIR FAMILIES ACT 1997 - SECT 4 Meaning of "at risk"
CHILDREN, YOUNG PERSONS AND THEIR FAMILIES ACT 1997 - SECT 4
Meaning of "at risk"
(1) For the purposes of this Act, a child is at risk if (a) the child has been, is being, or is likely to be, abused or neglected; or(b) any person with whom the child resides or who has frequent contact with the child (whether the person is or is not a guardian of the child) (i) has threatened to kill or abuse or neglect the child and there is a reasonable likelihood of the threat being carried out; or(ii) has killed or abused or neglected some other child or an adult and there is a reasonable likelihood of the child in question being killed, abused or neglected by that person; or(ba) the child is an affected child within the meaning of the Family Violence Act 2004 ; or(c) the guardians of the child are (i) unable to maintain the child; or(ii) unable to exercise adequate supervision and control over the child; or(iii) unwilling to maintain the child; or(iv) unwilling to exercise adequate supervision and control over the child; or(v) dead, have abandoned the child or cannot be found after reasonable inquiry; or(vi) are unwilling or unable to prevent the child from suffering abuse or neglect; or(d) the child is under 16 years of age and does not, without lawful excuse, attend a school, or other educational or training institution, regularly.(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) , it does not matter whether the conduct that puts a child at risk occurred or, as the case requires, is likely to occur wholly or partly outside Tasmania.