(1) For the purposes of sections 33 and 35, if the person who is required to be notified about a request is a child, the agency or Minister may notify either or both of the following—
(a) the child;
(b) a parent or guardian of the child.
S. 33A(2) inserted by No. 23/2017 s. 29.
(2) An agency that is an information sharing entity or a Minister responsible for that agency must not notify a parent or guardian of a child under subsection (1) if—
(a) the child is a primary person; and
(b) the parent or guardian is a person of concern or is alleged to pose a risk of family violence to that child .
S. 33A(3) inserted by No. 23/2017 s. 29.
(3) In this section—
person of concern has the meaning given in section 144B of the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 ;
primary person has the meaning given in section 144E of the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 .