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Notification of serious incidents
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99. (1) Where an incident or event to which subsection (3) applies occurs in an accommodation centre, the service provider concerned shall, subject to subsection (2)—
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(a) notify the monitoring body, within 3 days of the date on which it occurred, of the incident or event, and
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(b) keep a record of the incident or event.
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(2) In the case of an unexpected absence of a minor from an accommodation centre, the service provider concerned shall notify the monitoring body, within 24 hours of becoming aware of the absence of the minor, of such absence.
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(3) The incidents or events to which this subsection applies are—
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(a) the unexpected death of an applicant,
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(b) the making of an allegation of abuse of an applicant,
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(c) any serious injury to an applicant in an accommodation centre that requires immediate medical treatment, or
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(d) the unexpected absence of a minor from the accommodation centre.
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(4) In this section—
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“abuse” means mistreatment of any kind and includes the physical, financial or material, psychological, sexual or discriminatory mistreatment or neglect of an applicant;
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“serious injury” means an injury which creates a substantial risk of death or which causes serious disfigurement or substantial loss or impairment of the mobility of the body as a whole or of the function of any particular bodily member or organ.
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