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Rh :“publish”, in relation to any information or picture, means to bring the information or picture to the notice of the public or a section of the public by any means, including (to avoid doubt) through—
 * (a) the Internet or any website, web service or Internet application; or
 * (b) any messaging system.

Notification of information relating to individual who is, or is suspected to be, vulnerable adult

23.—(1) Any person who knows or has reason to suspect that an individual is a vulnerable adult who has experienced, or is experiencing or at risk of, abuse, neglect or self‑neglect may notify any of the following persons of the facts and circumstances on which the person’s knowledge or suspicion is based:
 * (a) the Director;
 * (b) a protector;
 * (c) any other person authorised by the Director or protector to receive such information.

(2) A person who makes a notification under subsection (1)—
 * (a) must not, by virtue of doing so, be regarded in any proceedings before any court or tribunal or in any other respect to have breached any code of professional etiquette or ethics, or to have departed from any accepted form of professional conduct; and
 * (b) insofar as the person has acted with reasonable care and in good faith, incurs no civil or criminal liability in respect of the notification or the provision of any information contained in the notification.

(3) Any person appearing as a witness in any proceedings in any court or tribunal or before a person authorised by law to hear evidence must not be compelled—