CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 874 Protection of people giving certain information

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 874

    (1)     If a person gives information mentioned in subsection (2) honestly and without recklessness—

        (a)     giving the information is not a breach of—

              (i)     confidence; or

              (ii)     professional etiquette or ethics; or

              (iii)     a rule of professional conduct; and

        (b)     the person does not incur civil or criminal liability only because of giving the information.

    (2)     Subsection (1) applies to information given by—

        (a)     a relevant person to the director-general in response to a request made by the director-general under section 25 (Director-general may ask for assistance, etc); and

        (b)     a person to the official visitor under the Official Visitor Act 2012

, section 22 (Complaints to official visitors); and

        (c)     a person to a director-general for a report under the Court Procedures Act 2004

, section 74D (Court may order report about young person); and

        (d)     a health practitioner to the director-general in a report of assessment made by the health practitioner under section 161 (3) (Health assessment); and

        (e)     a relevant director-general to the director-general in a report under section 186 (Health reports); and

        (f)     a person in a report to the director-general under section 193 (Mandatory reporting of threats to security etc at detention place); and

        (g)     a person to the director-general under section 354 (Voluntary reporting of abuse and neglect); and

        (h)     a person to the director-general under section 356 (Offence—mandatory reporting of abuse); and

              (i)     a person to the public advocate or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people commissioner under section 359 (Reports made to public advocate or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people commissioner); and

        (j)     a person to the director-general under section 360 (4) (a) (Director-general to act on child concern report); and

        (k)     a person to the director-general under section 361 (3) (a) (Director-general action on child protection report); and

        (l)     a person to the director-general under section 362 (Prenatal reporting—anticipated abuse and neglect); and

        (m)     a person in a report to the director-general under section 362 (Prenatal reporting—anticipated abuse and neglect); and

        (n)     an information sharing entity to the chair of the therapeutic support panel under section 501P (Power to obtain information from information sharing entity); and

        (o)     a person to a police officer under section 680 (1) (d) (Police powers); and

        (p)     an out-of-home carer, or approved kinship and foster care organisation, to someone under section 854 (Out-of-home carer and approved kinship and foster care organisation—giving information necessary for responsibilities); and

Note     Out-of-home carer —see  s 508.

Approved kinship and foster care organisation —see  s 502.

        (q)     an information sharing entity to the director-general under section 861 (Information sharing entity—giving safety and wellbeing information to director-general) or section 862 (Director-general—asking information sharing entity for safety and wellbeing information); and

        (r)     a member of a care team to another member of the care team under section 863 (Care teams—sharing safety and wellbeing information); and

        (s)     a person to the director-general under section 876 (Confidential report of contravention of Act); and

        (t)     an ACT child welfare service to the public advocate or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people commissioner under section 879 (ACT child welfare services to assist certain statutory office holders).

Note     The director-general is protected from civil liability for giving information by s 878 and an official visitor is protected under the Official Visitor Act 2012

, s 24.