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CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 2004 - SECT 141

CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 2004 - SECT 141

141 .         Confidentiality of report

        (1)         A person who prepares or is given a report must not, without the leave of the Court, disclose information contained in it to another person.

        Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $6 000.

        (2)         Nothing in subsection (1) prevents the CEO disclosing information contained in a report —

            (a)         to —

                  (i)         an authorised officer at any time; or

                  (ii)         any other person, after the relevant protection proceedings have concluded,

                if the CEO considers that it is appropriate to do so; or

            (b)         to a public authority, a corresponding authority, or an interested person under section 23.

        (3)         Nothing in subsection (1) prevents a person disclosing information contained in a report to the person’s legal representative.

        [Section 141 amended: No. 49 of 2010 s. 85; No. 18 of 2021 s. 76.]