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Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse Ordinance

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Part 2
Mandatory Reporting

4. When must reports be made

(1) If a reasonable ground to suspect the following comes to the notice of a specified professional during the course of his or her work as a specified professional—

(a) a person is a child at the material time; and

(b) at the material time, the child—

(i) is suffering serious harm; or

(ii) is at real risk of suffering serious harm,

the professional must, as soon as practicable after the material time, make a report in respect of the child in compliance with section 6.

(2) However, a specified professional is not required to make a report under subsection (1) if—

(a) the professional honestly and reasonably believes that the serious harm—

(i) was caused solely by an accident that is not caused by the neglect of a responsible person of the child;

(ii) was, or is to be, caused solely by the child himself or herself; or

(iii) was, or is to be, caused solely by any other child (otherwise than caused by any act of a sexual nature);

(b) an Authority had informed the professional at or before the material time in respect of—