Children First Act 2015
Definitions
2. In this Act—
“Agency” means the Child and Family Agency;
“authorised person” has the meaning assigned to it by section 15(1);
“child” has the same meaning it has in section 2 of the Child Care Act 1991;
“child safeguarding statement” has the meaning assigned to it by section 11(1);
“enactment” means a statute or an instrument made under a power conferred by statute;
“harm” means, in relation to a child—
(a) assault, ill-treatment or neglect of the child in a manner that seriously affects or is likely to seriously affect the child’s health, development or welfare, or
(b) sexual abuse of the child,
whether caused by a single act, omission or circumstance or a series or combination of acts, omissions or circumstances, or otherwise;
“Implementation Group” has the meaning assigned to it by section 20;
“ill-treatment” means, in relation to a child, to abandon or cruelly treat the child, or to cause or procure or allow the child to be abandoned or cruelly treated;
“mandated person” means a person who is a person specified in Schedule 2;
“mandated report form” has the meaning assigned to it by section 14(6);
“Minister” means the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs;
“neglect” means, in relation to a child, to deprive the child of adequate food, warmth, clothing, hygiene, supervision, safety or medical care;
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister under section 3;
“relevant service” means any work or activity specified in Schedule 1;
“sectoral implementation plan” has the meaning assigned to it by section 27(1);
“sexual abuse” means, in relation to a child—
(a) an offence against the child, specified in Schedule 3,
(b) F1[…]
(c) F1[…]
“welfare” includes, in relation to a child, the moral, intellectual, physical, emotional and social welfare of the child.
Annotations
Amendments:
F1
Deleted (27.03.2017) by Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 (2/2017), s. 55(a), S.I. No. 112 of 2017.