16ARisk assessments

1

This section applies to the following functions of officers of the Service or Welsh family proceedings officers—

a

any function in connection with family proceedings in which the court has power to make an order under this Part with respect to a child or in which a question with respect to such an order arises;

b

any function in connection with an order made by the court in such proceedings.

2

If, in carrying out any function to which this section applies, an officer of the Service or a Welsh family proceedings officer is given cause to suspect that the child concerned is at risk of harm, he must—

a

make a risk assessment in relation to the child, and

b

provide the risk assessment to the court.

3

A risk assessment, in relation to a child who is at risk of suffering harm of a particular sort, is an assessment of the risk of that harm being suffered by the child.