Penalties for failing to report cases of child abuse

(1) Any person referred to in Regulations 4 and 5 above who fails to report a case of suspected child abuse which comes to his knowledge and/or attention, or who unduly delays in making such a report, or who fails to make such a report in the manner set forth in the aforesaid Regulations, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both such fine and term of imprisonment. (2) Any person referred to in Regulation 3 above who reports a case of suspected child abuse in good faith shall not be liable to any civil or criminal proceedings arising therefrom, and it shall be deemed that every person referred to in the said Regulation who reports a case of suspected child abuse does so in good faith.