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.