(1) In this section -
"abuser" means an individual believed by a person who has authority or control over that individual to have seriously harmed or sexually abused a child or more than one child;
"child" means a person under 18 years of age, except where the context otherwise requires;
"serious harm" means injury which creates a substantial risk of death or which causes permanent disfigurement or loss or impairment of the mobility of the body as a whole or of the function of any particular member or organ;
"sexual abuse" means an offence under paragraphs 1 to 13 and 16(a) and (b) of the Schedule to the Sex Offenders Act 2001.
(2) A person, having authority or control over a child or abuser, who intentionally or recklessly endangers a child by -
(a) causing or permitting any child to be placed or left in a situation which creates a substantial risk to the child of being a victim of serious harm or sexual abuse, or
(b) failing to take reasonable steps to protect a child from such a ris
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