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CHILD PROTECTION (OFFENDER REPORTING AND OFFENDER PROHIBITION ORDER) ACT 2004 - SECT 27
Right to privacy and support when reporting
27 Right to privacy and support when reporting
(1) A person making a report under this part at a police station or a place
approved by the police commissioner— (a) is entitled to make the report out
of the hearing of members of the public; and
(b) is entitled to be
accompanied by a support person of the person’s own choosing.
(2)
Subsection (3) applies if a police officer or other person receiving the
report is aware the person making the report— (a) has special needs; and
(b) because of the special needs, needs to be accompanied by an adult support
person when making the report.
(3) If it is not practicable for the person to
be accompanied by an adult support person of the person’s own choice, the
police officer or person receiving the report must arrange, if practicable,
for an adult support person to be present when the person is making the
report.
(4) A police officer or other person receiving the report may arrange
for an interpreter to be present when a person is making a report under this
part.
(5) A police officer or other person receiving a report under this part
must not allow a support person or interpreter to be present when a person is
making the report unless the support person or interpreter has signed an
undertaking not to disclose any information derived from the report unless
required or authorised by or under any Act or law to do so.
(6) In this
section—
"special needs" , of a person, means the person’s needs by taking into
account— (a) the person’s age, gender or cultural background; and
(b) any
disability the person has.
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