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Annual report 2009-2010, NT Child Deaths Review and Prevention Committee

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Title

Annual report 2009-2010, NT Child Deaths Review and Prevention Committee

Other title

NT Child Deaths Review and Prevention Committee annual report 2009-2010

Creator

Office of the Children's Commissioner Northern Territory

Collection

E-Publications; PublicationNT; E-Books; The Children's Commissioner Northern Territory annual report; Annual reports

Date

2010

Notes

Date:2010; Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).

Language

English

Subject

Children, Aboriginal Australian; Northern Territory; Periodicals; Death; Causes; Statistics; Periodicals; Children and death; Periodicals

Publisher name

Northern Territory Government

Place of publication

Casuarina

Series

The Children's Commissioner Northern Territory annual report; Annual reports

Volume

2009-2010

File type

application/pdf

Use

Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)

Copyright owner

Northern Territory Government

License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/236802

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/640686

Page content

Page 55 (g) an operator of child-related services; (h) an operator of children's services. Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years. (2) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) if: (a) the defendant has a reasonable excuse; or (b) the Commissioner of Police certifies in writing that compliance with the request would: (i) prejudice the investigation of any unlawful conduct; or (ii) disclose a confidential source of information in relation to the administration of law; or (iii) prejudice the effectiveness of a method or procedure in relation to the administration of law; or (iv) facilitate a person's escape from lawful custody; or (v) endanger the safety of a person. (3) A person acting in good faith in giving information to the Committee is not civilly or criminally liable, or in breach of any professional code of conduct, for giving the information. 212 Child Deaths Register (1) There is to be a Child Deaths Register. (2) The Register is a database of information concerning child deaths. (3) Without limiting subsection (2), the Register may include information on: (a) incidences of child deaths; and (b) the causes, patterns and trends of child deaths. 213 Annual report (1) At the end of each financial year, the Committee must prepare a report about the operation of the Committee during that year. (2) The report must contain details about: (a) the Committee's activities during that year, including: (i) the development of the Register during that year; and (ii) any recommendations made by the Committee during that year; and (b) the implementation during that year of any recommendations made by the Committee.