25Report not to identify individuals

25 Report not to identify individuals

(1)  In this section –

identifying information, in relation to an individual, includes –

(a) the name, address, school, place of employment and any other reference or allusion that identifies, or is likely to lead to the identification of, the person; and

(b) a picture or image of the person.

(2)  The Implementation Monitor is to ensure that a report prepared under this Part does not identify an individual, and does not include identifying information that may reasonably lead to the identification of an individual, except where –

(a) the identity of the individual, or the information, is already in the public domain; or

(b) the individual has already been publicly identified, and widely recognised; or

(c) the individual has consented to being identified or to the disclosure of the information –

in the same context as is used in the report.

(3)  A report under this Act may not include information that identifies an individual, or contains information that may reasonably lead to the identification of an individual, other than in accordance with subsection (2) .