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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a Northern Ireland Statutory Rule: The Domestic Abuse Information-sharing with Schools etc. Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 No. 146
3.—(1) A relevant person may disclose information to a designated person where—
(a)there has been a relevant incident; and
(b)they reasonably believe that such disclosure is necessary for the purposes of enabling the designated person to—
(i)effectively take account of the needs of the child, and any impact that the incident may have had on them; and
(ii)provide support to that child, where appropriate.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) “information” means—
(a)the date, location and approximate time of the incident;
(b)the nature of the incident;
(c)the severity of the incident, where relevant;
(d)the name and date of birth of the child that the incident concerned and their usual address, where different from the location of the incident;
(e)who the incident involved and their relationship, if any, to the child;
(f)information about whether or not the child was present, or in the immediate vicinity of where the incident occurred, and if in the home, where the child was in the home;
(g)information about where a child was neither present or in the vicinity of the incident but by reason of being present at the scene shortly afterwards (for example) perceived the aftermath; and
(h)such other information relating to the incident as the relevant person reasonably believes is necessary for the purposes mentioned in paragraph (1)(b).
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