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CHILDREN, YOUNG PERSONS AND THEIR FAMILIES ACT 1997 - SECT 40 Publication of discussion at, and reports on, family group conference

CHILDREN, YOUNG PERSONS AND THEIR FAMILIES ACT 1997 - SECT 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 Right to Information Act 2009 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.