Children and Community Services Amendment Regulations 2008 (WA)

9 December 2008 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5107

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Children and Community Services Act 2004

Children and Community Services Amendment

Regulations 2008

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.             Citation

These regulations are the Children and Community Services
Amendment Regulations 2008.

5108 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 9 December 2008

2.             Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

(a)	regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;
(b)	the rest of the regulations — on the day on which the Children and Community Services Amendment (Reporting Sexual Abuse of Children) Act 2008 section 5 comes into operation.

3.             Regulations amended

These regulations amend the Children and Community Services
Regulations 2006.

4.             Part 4A inserted

After regulation 8 insert:

Part 4A — Reporting sexual abuse of children

9A.	Information to be included in report
(1)	In this regulation —
report and reporter have the respective meanings given in section 124A.
(2)	For the purposes of section 124C(3)(e) a report is to contain the following information, to the extent that it is known to the reporter, in respect of any person alleged to be responsible for the sexual abuse —

(a) the person’s name;

(b) the person’s contact details;

(c) the person’s relationship to the child.

By Command of the Governor,

G. M. PIKE, Clerk of the Executive Council.

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