THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE [L
EGAL
S
UPPLEMENT
] -- C 14
TH
JANUARY, 2009
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Determining the
need for
protective
intervention.
Interview of child.
(c) a police officer;
(d) an attorney-at-law; and
(e) a member of a non-governmental organization which provides
special services for children.
(6) A person pursuant to subsections (4) and (5) who is found to have had
knowledge and failed to make a report commits an offence and shall be
liable on summary conviction to a fine of fifty thousand dollars.
(7) This section applies notwithstanding that the information is confidential or
privileged, and an action does not lie against the informant unless the
making of the report is done maliciously or without reasonable cause.
(8) A person shall not interfere with or harass a person who gives information
under this section.
(9) A person who contravenes subsection (8) commits an offence and is liable
on summary conviction to a fine of two hundred thousand dollars or to
imprisonment for a term of twelve months.
(10) Notwithstanding any other law, a complaint under subsection (8) shall be
laid within three years from the day when the matter of the complaint
arose.
8. (1) Upon receiving information that a child is or may be in need of protective
intervention, the Director or a social worker shall assess whether the child
is in need of protective intervention.
(2) After the assessment, the Director or the social worker may -
(a) determine that protective intervention is required;
(b) determine that protective intervention is not required;
(c) offer support services to the child and family;
(d) refer the child and family to other resources; or
(e) investigate further the child's need for protective intervention.
9. (1) A person who has custody of a child or a person who is entrusted with the
care of a child shall, at a place where the child is located, permit the child
to be visited and interviewed by the Director, a social worker or someone
duly appointed by the Director, in private where in the opinion of the
Director or social worker or that person appointed, it is appropriate to do
so.
(2) The Director, social worker or person appointed by the Director shall
notify, where possible, the parent who has custody or a person who has
care of the child of the interview and request the presence of that parent or
a representative of the child at the interview.
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