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(1) Where any social worker or constable receives a report pursuant to section 15 relating to a child or young person, that social worker or constable shall, as soon as practicable after receiving the report, undertake or arrange for the undertaking of such investigation as may be necessary or desirable into the matters contained in the report and shall, as soon as practicable after the investigation has commenced, consult with a care and protection resource panel in relation to the investigation.
(2) Where, after an investigation under subsection (1) into the matters contained in a report under section 15, the social worker or constable to whom the report was made reasonably believes that the child or young person to whom the report relates is in need of care or protection, that social worker or constable shall, as soon as practicable, notify a care and protection co-ordinator of those matters in accordance with section 18.
(3) Where any person receives a report pursuant to section 15 relating to a child or young person, that person shall, as soon as practicable after—
(a) that report is investigated under subsection (1); or
(b) a decision is made not to investigate the report,—
unless it is impracticable or undesirable to do so, inform the person who made the report whether or not the report has been investigated and, if so, whether any further action has been taken with respect to it.
Section 17(1): substituted, on 8 January 1995, by section 6 of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Amendment Act 1994 (1994 No 121).
Section 17(1): amended, on 1 October 2008, pursuant to section 116(a)(ii) of the Policing Act 2008 (2008 No 72).
Section 17(2): amended, on 1 October 2008, pursuant to section 116(a)(ii) of the Policing Act 2008 (2008 No 72).