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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 869 Confidential report—not admissible in evidence

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 869

Confidential report—not admissible in evidence

    (1)     A confidential report is not admissible in evidence in any proceeding in a court or tribunal.

Note     For the meaning of confidential report , see s 876.

    (2)     Evidence of the contents of a confidential report is also not admissible in evidence in any proceeding in a court or tribunal.

    (3)     No-one may be compelled in any proceeding before a court or tribunal—

        (a)     to produce a confidential report or a copy of, or extract from, a confidential report; or

        (b)     to disclose, or give evidence of, the contents of a confidential report.

    (4)     This section is subject to section 870 and section 871.