sec.307NConfidentiality order

### sec.307N Confidentiality order The tribunal may, by order (a confidentiality order ), prohibit or restrict the disclosure to a party to an adoption proceeding of all or some of the evidence given before the tribunal, or of the whole or part of the contents of a document given to, or received in evidence by, the tribunal for the review. Subsection (3) applies for the purpose of the tribunal— deciding whether to make a confidentiality order; or giving effect to a confidentiality order. The tribunal may— exclude a party, and any representative of the party, from part of an adoption proceeding; or deal with a document in a way that ensures it is not disclosed to a party. The tribunal may make a confidentiality order only if it is satisfied that if it does not do so— a child is likely to be harmed; or the safety of another person is likely to be endangered; or there would be undue interference with the privacy of a child or another person. The tribunal may act under subsection (1) on its own initiative or on application by a party to an adoption proceeding. A confidentiality order does not act to prohibit or limit the disclosure of material to a separate representative in an adoption proceeding. s 307N ins 2009 No. 48 s 120 (sec.307N-ssec.1) The tribunal may, by order (a confidentiality order ), prohibit or restrict the disclosure to a party to an adoption proceeding of all or some of the evidence given before the tribunal, or of the whole or part of the contents of a document given to, or received in evidence by, the tribunal for the review. (sec.307N-ssec.2) Subsection (3) applies for the purpose of the tribunal— deciding whether to make a confidentiality order; or giving effect to a confidentiality order. (sec.307N-ssec.3) The tribunal may— exclude a party, and any representative of the party, from part of an adoption proceeding; or deal with a document in a way that ensures it is not disclosed to a party. (sec.307N-ssec.4) The tribunal may make a confidentiality order only if it is satisfied that if it does not do so— a child is likely to be harmed; or the safety of another person is likely to be endangered; or there would be undue interference with the privacy of a child or another person. (sec.307N-ssec.5) The tribunal may act under subsection (1) on its own initiative or on application by a party to an adoption proceeding. (sec.307N-ssec.6) A confidentiality order does not act to prohibit or limit the disclosure of material to a separate representative in an adoption proceeding. - (a) deciding whether to make a confidentiality order; or - (b) giving effect to a confidentiality order. - (a) exclude a party, and any representative of the party, from part of an adoption proceeding; or - (b) deal with a document in a way that ensures it is not disclosed to a party. - (a) a child is likely to be harmed; or - (b) the safety of another person is likely to be endangered; or - (c) there would be undue interference with the privacy of a child or another person.