Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse Ordinance
- (a) sufficient information for an Authority to identify the child concerned;
- (b) the ground mentioned in section 4(1); and
- (c) the contact information of the specified professional making the report.
(3) A report must be made in the way specified by the Director.
7. Director may issue guidelines
(1) The Director may issue guidelines to provide practical guidance for the purposes of this Part.
(2) The Director must—
- (a) publish the guidelines in a way appropriate to bring them to the notice of persons affected by them; and
- (b) make copies of the guidelines available to the public free of charge.
(3) The guidelines are not subsidiary legislation.
(4) The Director may amend or revoke the guidelines. Subsections (2) and (3) apply to an amendment or revocation of the guidelines in the same way as they apply to the guidelines.
8. Effect of guidelines
(1) A person does not incur any civil or criminal liability only because the person has contravened the guidelines issued under section 7 (as may be amended under that section) (guidelines).
(2) If, in any legal proceedings, the court is satisfied that a provision of the guidelines is relevant to the determination of a matter that is in issue in the proceedings—
