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CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES ACT 2005 - SECT 40

Reporters and referrers protected

A report to the Secretary under section 28 or 29 or a referral to a community-based child and family service under section 31 or 32 if made in good faith—

        (a)     does not for any purpose constitute unprofessional conduct or a breach of professional ethics on the part of the person by whom it is made; and

        (b)     does not make the person by whom it is made subject to any liability in respect of it; and

        (c)     without limiting paragraphs (a) and (b), does not constitute a contravention of—

              (i)     section 141 of the Health Services Act 1988 ; or

S. 40(c)(ii) substituted by No. 26/2014 s. 455(Sch. item 2.3), amended by No. 39/2022 s. 790.

              (ii)     section 730 of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 .

S. 41 (Heading) amended by No. 48/2006 s. 9(2).



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