42Disclosure of information about investigation to children, youths and guardians

42 Disclosure of information about investigation to children, youths and guardians

(1)  This section applies to the following information in relation to an investigation conducted under section 24 , section 35 or section 37 :

(a) information about the progress of the investigation;

(b) the findings, reasons for the findings and the recommendations made at the conclusion of the investigation;

(c) information on any action that is to be taken in response to those findings.

(2)  The Regulator, the head of a relevant entity or an entity regulator may disclose the information, to which this section applies, to one or more of the following persons:

(a) a child in relation to whom the investigation is being conducted;

(b) the guardian of a child, other than a youth, referred to in paragraph (a) ;

(c) if the child referred to in paragraph (a) is a youth who consents to the disclosure, the guardian of the youth;

(d) a person who has daily care and control, within the meaning of the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1997 , of a child referred to in paragraph (a) , other than a youth;

(e) if the child referred to in paragraph (a) is a youth who consents to the disclosure, a person who has daily care and control, within the meaning of the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1997 , of the youth;

(f) a person who has disclosed, under section 33 , the reportable allegation or reportable conviction to which the investigation relates;

(g) an authority or other body prescribed for the purposes of this section.

(3)  Despite subsection (2) , disclosure of information in relation to an investigation is not to be made under this section to a person referred to in , , or if that person is the subject of the reportable allegation or reportable conviction to which the investigation relates.