Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse Ordinance
Part 3—Division 1
Ord. No. 23 of 2024
Section 9
A2847
Part 3
Protection for Specified Professionals
Division 1—Pre-reporting Protection
9. Prohibition on inhibiting or obstructing making of reports
(1) A person must not wilfully—
- (a) inhibit or obstruct a specified professional from making a report; or
- (b) impose any guideline or requirement that has such an effect.
(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable—
- (a) on summary conviction—to a fine at level 5; or
- (b) on conviction on indictment—to a fine at level 5 and to imprisonment for 3 months.
Division 2—Post-reporting Protection
10. Application of this Division
This Division applies in relation to a specified professional in respect of a report made by him or her if, at the time of making the report, the professional honestly believed that he or she was required by this Ordinance to make the report.
