149Report required by Court

149 Report required by Court (1) The Court may order a report to be prepared about the wellbeing of (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Court may specify in the order one or more of the following: (a) the person who must prepare the report; (b) the matters that must be addressed in the report; (c) the persons who must give information for the report; (d) that the child, a parent of the child or another person be interviewed for the report. (3) A person must not contravene the order. (5) A person is not civilly or criminally liable, or in breach of any professional code of conduct, for: (a) giving information for the report; or (b) preparing the report; or (c) giving the report to the Court. (6) The Court must, as soon as possible after receiving the report: (a) take all reasonable steps to ensure each party to the proceedings is given a copy of the report; and Care and Protection of Children Act 2007 94 (b) give such other directions about the report as the Court considers appropriate. (7) However, the Court may decide not to give a copy of the report to a party to the proceedings if the Court considers it inappropriate to do so in the circumstances.