Reporting to a Community-Based Intake Service (commencing 1 August 2009)
The Children, Young Persons and Their Families Amendment Act 2009 (No. 22 of 2009) s 6 made amendments to s 14(2) concerning the person or agency to whom the report must be made. According to these new provisions, reports could be made either to the Secretary, or to a Community-Based Intake Service. This change was made to facilitate the new emphasis on differential response.
This may reasonably be expected to have caused a substantial decrease in reports to the Secretary, especially for less serious cases, and especially for neglect, emotional abuse, and exposure to family violence.
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