Protections for Persons Reporting Child Abuse Act 1998
Number 49 of 1998
PROTECTIONS FOR PERSONS REPORTING CHILD ABUSE ACT 1998
REVISED
Updated to 1 February 2019
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Number 49 of 1998
PROTECTIONS FOR PERSONS REPORTING CHILD ABUSE ACT 1998
REVISED
Updated to 1 February 2019
Introduction
This Revised Act presents the text of the Act as it has been amended since enactment, and preserves the format in which it was passed.
Related legislation
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Annotations
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Material not updated in this revision
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Acts which affect or previously affected this revision
• Workplace Relations Act 2015 (16/2015)
• Protected Disclosures Act 2014 (14/2014)
• Child and Family Agency Act 2013 (40/2013)
• Communication (Retention of Data) Act 2011 (3/2011)
• Fines Act 2010 (8/2010)
• Health Act 2007 (23/2007)
• Health Act 2004 (42/2004)
All Acts up to and including Local Government Act 2019 (1/2019), enacted 25 January 2019, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision
• Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 218 of 2011)
All statutory instruments up to and including Brown Crab (Conservation Of Stocks) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 26 of 2019), made 1 February 2019, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Number 49 of 1998
PROTECTIONS FOR PERSONS REPORTING CHILD ABUSE ACT 1998
REVISED
Updated to 1 February 2019
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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Protection from civil liability of persons who have reported child abuse. |
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Protection of employees from penalisation for having reported child abuse. |
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Acts Referred to |
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1970, No. 1 |
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Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851 |
14 & 15 Vict., c. 93 |
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1994, No. 5 |
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1977, No. 10 |
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Unfair Dismissals Acts, 1977 to 1993 |
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Number 49 of 1998
PROTECTIONS FOR PERSONS REPORTING CHILD ABUSE ACT 1998
REVISED
Updated to 1 February 2019
AN ACT TO PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM CIVIL LIABILITY TO PERSONS WHO REPORT CHILD ABUSE IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, TO PROVIDE PROTECTION TO SUCH PERSONS FROM PENALISATION BY THEIR EMPLOYERS, TO PROVIDE FOR AN OFFENCE IN RESPECT OF THE FALSE REPORTING OF CHILD ABUSE AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS. [23rd December, 1998]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
Annotations
Editorial Notes:
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Act included among Acts referred to in definition of “health and social services” (23.12.2004) by Health Act 2004 (42/2004), s. 2 and sch. 1, S.I. No. 886 of 2004.