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CHILDREN'S PROTECTION (MISCELLANEOUS) AMENDMENT ACT 2005 (NO 76 OF 2005) - SECT 12

12—Amendment of section 19—Investigations

Section 19(1)—delete subsection (1) and substitute:

        (1)         If the Chief Executive—

            (a)         suspects on reasonable grounds that a child is at risk; and

            (b)         believes that the matters causing the child to be at risk are not being adequately addressed,

the Chief Executive must cause an assessment of, or investigation into, the circumstances of the child to be carried out or must effect an alternative response which more appropriately addresses the potential or actual risk to the child.



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