39. Reporting of child abuse

Where a licensee, a member of a licensee’s staff or an education service provider engaged by a licensee —

has reasonable cause to suspect that —

physical or sexual abuse of any child who is enrolled in the licensee’s centre has occurred, whether or not the abuse occurred during the centre’s operating hours or within the centre; or

physical or sexual abuse of any child, whether or not the child is enrolled in the licensee’s centre, has occurred within the licensee’s centre; and

wilfully or unreasonably failed to report the occurrence to the Chief Licensing Officer,the licensee, member or education service provider (as the case may be) shall be guilty of an offence.