Vulnerable Adults Act 2018

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3 Administration of Act

5 Exercise of power under this Division

7 Refusal of assessment

8 Power to enter premises

9 Power to obtain information and examine records, etc.

10 Power to remove vulnerable adult

11 Committing vulnerable adult to place of temporary care and protection or to care of fit person

12 Application to court

16 Contempt of court

17 Supplementary provisions with respect to orders under sections 14 and 15

18 Administering medical or dental treatment to vulnerable adult

19 Places of temporary care and protection and places of safety

21 Unlawful removal, etc., of vulnerable adult from place of temporary care and protection or place of safety, etc.

22 Restriction on publication of information leading to identification of vulnerable adult, etc.

23 Notification of information relating to individual who is, or is suspected to be, vulnerable adult

24 Disclosure of information to and by Director‑General or protector

25 Report of qualified assessor, etc., to be admissible in evidence

26 Powers of entry, etc., for enforcement purpose

28 Power to arrest without warrant

29 Search of arrested persons and power to seize offensive weapons

30 Disposal of documents or thing

31 Offence of obstruction

32 Offence of providing false information, etc.

33 Notice to attend court

34 Protection from personal liability

35 Service of documents

36 Family Justice Rules

Notification of information relating to individual who is, or is suspected to be, vulnerable adult

23.—(1) Any person who knows or has reason to suspect that an individual is a vulnerable adult who has experienced, or is experiencing or at risk of, abuse, neglect or self‑neglect may notify any of the following persons of the facts and circumstances on which the person’s knowledge or suspicion is based:

(a)	the Director‑General;
(b)	a protector;
(c)	any other person authorised by the Director‑General or a protector to receive such information. [30/2019]

(2) A person who makes a notification under subsection (1) —

(a)	must not, by virtue of doing so, be regarded in any proceedings before any court or tribunal or in any other respect to have breached any code of professional etiquette or ethics, or to have departed from any accepted form of professional conduct; and
(b)	insofar as the person has acted with reasonable care and in good faith, incurs no civil or criminal liability in respect of the notification or the provision of any information contained in the notification.

(3) Any person appearing as a witness in any proceedings in any court or tribunal or before a person authorised by law to hear evidence must not be compelled —

(a)	to disclose the identity of any person who has made a notification under subsection (1), or any information likely to lead to the disclosure of the identity of such a person; or
(b)	to produce any report or document, or any part of a report or document, which is likely to identify, any person who has made a notification under subsection (1).

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