Western Australian Numbered Acts

CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 2004 (NO. 34 OF 2004) - SECT 101

101 .         Failing to protect child from harm

        (1)         A person who has the care or control of a child and who engages in conduct —

            (a)         knowing that the conduct may result in the child suffering harm as a result of any one or more of the following —

                  (i)         physical abuse;

                  (ii)         sexual abuse;

                  (iii)         emotional abuse;

                  (iv)         psychological abuse; or

                  (v)         neglect as defined in section 28(1);

                or

            (b)         reckless as to whether the conduct may have that result,

                is guilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment for 10 years.

        (2)         In subsection (1) —

        “engage in conduct” means —

            (a)         to do an act; or

            (b)         to omit to do an act;

        "harm" has the meaning given to that term in section 28(1).