CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 364 How prenatal reports may be used in evidence
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 364
How prenatal reports may be used in evidence(1) This section applies if a person honestly and without recklessness makes a prenatal report.
(2) The report, or evidence of the contents of the report, is admissible in evidence in a proceeding in a court only if—
(a) the report or evidence is given to the court by the person who made the report; or
(b) the proceeding is before the Childrens Court, under chapter 11 (Care and protection—reporting, investigating and appraising abuse and neglect) or chapter 14 (Care and protection—care and protection orders), in relation to the child born as a result of the pregnancy that is the subject of the report; or
(c) the proceeding is before a court hearing an appeal from a decision of the Childrens Court in a proceeding mentioned in paragraph (b); or
(d) the proceeding is about a charge or allegation made in a proceeding against a person in relation to the person's exercising a function under this Act.