(1) The chief executive may authorise a person to have access to a record, or
information from a record, to allow the person to carry out research.
(2)
However, the chief executive may authorise access only if the chief executive
is satisfied—
(a) the record or information will not be used or published in
a way that could reasonably be expected to result in the identification of any
of the individuals to whom it relates; and
(b) it would not be inappropriate
to authorise the access in all the circumstances including, for example, the
cost to the department of providing the access.
(3) The registrar or clerk of
a court may give a person access to a record or information from a record
under an authorisation under this section.
(4) In this section—
"record" means a court record or part of a court record.
