Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) Reportable conduct
is the following conduct, whether or not a criminal proceeding in relation to
the conduct has been commenced or concluded and whether the conduct occurred
before, on or after commencement day —
(a) a
sexual offence;
(b)
sexual misconduct;
(c) a
physical assault committed against, with or in the presence of, a child;
(ca)
significant neglect of a child;
(cb) any
behaviour that causes significant emotional or psychological harm to a child;
(d) an
offence prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph.
(2) However,
reportable conduct does not include conduct that is —
(a)
reasonable for the discipline, management or care of a child or of another
person in the presence of a child, having regard to —
(i)
the characteristics of the child, including the age,
health and developmental stage of the child; and
(ii)
any relevant code of conduct or professional standard
that at the time applied to the discipline, management or care of the child or
the other person;
or
(b)
trivial or negligible and that has been or will be investigated and recorded
as part of another workplace procedure; or
(c) of a
class or kind exempt from being reportable conduct under section 19N(1).
(3) For the purposes
of this section, conduct includes an act or omission.
[Section 19G inserted: No. 25 of 2022 s. 7;
amended: No. 25 of 2022 s. 26.]