Child Wellbeing and Safety Act 2005
16YDisclosure of information or documents
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16Y Disclosure of information or documents
A disclosure of information or documents to the Social Services Regulator by any person that is made in good faith under this Part—
(a) does not for any purpose constitute unprofessional conduct or a breach of professional ethics on the part of the person by whom it is made; and
(b) does not make the person by whom it is made subject to any liability in respect of it; and
(c) without limiting paragraphs (a) and (b), does not constitute a contravention of—
(i) section 141 of the Health Services Act 1988; or
S. 16Y(c)(ii) amended by No. 39/2022 s. 784.
(ii) section 730 of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022.
S. 16Z inserted by No. 4/2017 s. 6, amended by No. 58/2025 s. 55(Sch. 1 item 1.41).