CHILD PROTECTION ACT 1999 - SECT 159O Release of information by a health services designated person

CHILD PROTECTION ACT 1999 - SECT 159O

159O Release of information by a health services designated person

(1) A health services designated person may, for this Act, give a relevant person or the Childrens Court confidential information if—

(a) for a relevant person or the Childrens Court—the information is relevant to the protection or wellbeing of a child; or

(b) for a relevant person who is the chief executive and without limiting paragraph (a) —the information is relevant to the chief executive’s review under chapter 7A .

(2) Subsection (1) (a) includes the giving of information, before a child is born, that is relevant to the protection or wellbeing of the child after he or she is born.

(3) This section does not limit a power or obligation under this chapter to give information.

(4) In this section—


"confidential information" see the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011 , schedule 2 .


"designated person" see the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011 , schedule 2 .


"health services designated person" means a designated person.


"relevant person" means—

(a) the chief executive; or

(b) an authorised officer; or

(c) a police officer.