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CHILD WELLBEING AND SAFETY ACT 2005 - SECT 41Q

Meaning of excluded information

In this Part, confidential information is excluded information if—

        (a)     the collection, use or disclosure of that information could be reasonably expected to—

              (i)     endanger a person's life or result in physical injury; or

              (ii)     prejudice the investigation of a breach or possible breach of the law, or prejudice the enforcement or proper administration of the law, in a particular instance; or

              (iii)     prejudice a coronial inquest or inquiry; or

              (iv)     prejudice the fair trial of a person or the impartial adjudication of a particular case; or

              (v)     disclose the contents of a document, or a communication, that is of such a nature that the contents of the document, or the communication, would be privileged from production in legal proceedings on the ground of legal professional privilege or client legal privilege; or

              (vi)     disclose, or enable a person to ascertain, the identity of a confidential source of information in relation to the enforcement or administration of the law; or

              (vii)     contravene a court order or a provision made by or under this Act or any other Act that—

    (A)     prohibits or restricts, or authorises a court or tribunal to prohibit or restrict, the publication or other disclosure of information for or in connection with any proceeding; or

    (B)     requires or authorises a court or tribunal to close any proceeding to the public; or

              (viii)     be contrary to the public interest; or

        (b)     the information is prescribed to be excluded information for the purposes of this Part.

S. 41R inserted by No. 11/2018 s. 8.



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