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CHILD PROTECTION ACT 1999 - SECT 190
Production of department’s records
190 Production of department’s records
(1) This section applies if a party to a proceeding in a court or tribunal
requires, under applicable rules— (a) the chief executive to produce to the
court, tribunal or party a document in the department’s records under this
Act in relation to a child or a child’s carer; or
(b) a government entity
to produce to the court, tribunal or party a document mentioned in paragraph
(a) that has been given to the entity under section 187 .
(2) The requirement
must describe the document to be produced— (a) by reference to the person or
persons to whom it relates; and
(b) by general reference to the circumstances
to which it relates; and
(c) by stating the period to which the requirement
relates.
(3) For subsection (2) (b) , the requirement must show the
circumstances to be relevant to the proceeding.
(4) A person must not,
directly or indirectly, disclose or make use of information obtained under the
requirement other than for a purpose connected with the proceeding.
Penalty— Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.
(5) Despite any Act to the contrary, if a document in the department’s
records under this Act in relation to a child or a child’s carer is produced
in a proceeding in a court, an officer of the court must not make the document
available for inspection to any person other than a party to the proceeding or
a lawyer representing a party to the proceeding. Penalty— Maximum
penalty for subsection (5) —50 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.
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