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South Australia
Children's Protection (Reporting of Suspected Criminal
Offence) Amendment Bill 2010
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Children's
Protection Act 1993.
Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1Short
title
2Amendment provisions
Part 2—Amendment of Children's
Protection Act 1993
3Insertion of Part 4 Division
5A
Division 5A—Suspected criminal
offence
26AAReporting of
suspected criminal offence
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as
follows:
This Act may be cited as the Children's Protection (Reporting of
Suspected Criminal Offence) Amendment Act 2010.
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a
specified Act amends the Act so specified.
Part 2—Amendment
of Children's Protection
Act 1993
3—Insertion
of Part 4 Division 5A
Part 4—after Division 5 insert:
Division 5A—Suspected criminal
offence
26AA—Reporting of suspected criminal
offence
If the Chief Executive is of the opinion that there is some information or
evidence leading to a reasonable suspicion that a criminal offence has been
committed in relation to a child, the Chief Executive must, as soon as
reasonably practicable, report the matter to the Commissioner of
Police.