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CHILDREN, YOUNG PERSONS AND THEIR FAMILIES ACT 1997 - SECT 40

40. Publication of discussion at, and reports on, family group conference

      (1) Except as allowed by this Act, a person must not publish in any manner –

(a) a decision of a family group conference; or

(b) any report relating to a family group conference; or

(c) anything said or done at a family group conference.

Penalty:

Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 18 months, or both.

      (2) Evidence of anything said at a family group conference is not admissible in any proceedings.

      (3) Despite subsection (2), the written record of the decision made by a family group conference, or the written report of the facilitator made following the failure of a family group conference to reach a decision, is admissible in proceedings under Division 2 for the purpose of establishing that a decision was or was not made.

      (4) The Freedom of Information Act 1991 does not apply in relation to –

(a) any report on a family group conference; or

(b) the written record of the decision of a family group conference; or

(c) the written report of a facilitator following the failure of a family group conference to reach a decision.


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