30   Director-General’s investigations and assessment

On receipt of a report that a child or young person is suspected of being at risk of significant harm:

(a)  the Director-General is to make such investigations and assessment as the Director-General considers necessary to determine whether the child or young person is at risk of significant harm, or

(b)  the Director-General may decide to take no further action if, on the basis of the information provided, the Director-General considers that there is insufficient reason to believe that the child or young person is at risk of significant harm.

Note. Under section 248, the Director-General may direct certain bodies, including the NSW Police Force, a government department or agency, a public authority, a school, a local health district and a hospital to furnish the Director-General with information concerning the safety, welfare and well-being of a child or young person.