Intended audience: All clinical staff

Duration: 30 minutes

Course expert: Delia McKenna

Changes to the Crimes Act (Crimes Amendment Act (no 3) 2011) introduced in 2012 mean that certain people are legally responsible for protecting adult at risk from injury.

As well as setting out the duty to protect, this legislation also sets out that a failure to take reasonable steps is an offence carrying a maximum penalty of 10 years imprisonment.