CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS (CARE AND PROTECTION) ACT 1998 - SECT 29AA
Special provision relating to Royal Commissions
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS (CARE AND PROTECTION) ACT 1998 - SECT 29AA
Special provision relating to Royal Commissions
29AA Special provision relating to Royal Commissions
(1) Despite section 17 of the Royal Commissions Act 1923 , that section does
not authorise or compel the disclosure to a Royal Commission of the identity
of a person who made a report to which section 29 applies, or information from
which the identity of that person could be deduced, except with--
(a) the
consent of the person who made the report, or
(b) the leave of a person who
is a commissioner within the meaning of Division 2 of Part 2 of the Royal
Commissions Act 1923 .
(2) A commissioner cannot grant leave under this
section unless the commissioner is satisfied that the report or information
concerned is of significant importance to the inquiry.
(3) The protection
given by this section to a person who made a report (a
"reporter" ) applies to--
(a) any person who provided information to the
reporter on the basis of which the report was made, and
(b) any person who
otherwise was concerned in making such a report or causing such a report to be
made,
in the same way as it applies in respect of the reporter.
