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18 Reports

18 Reports

(1) Any report required by the Court is, unless the Court otherwise directs, to be filed with the Court on or before the working day preceding that on which the next hearing of the proceedings for which the report is required is to take place.

(2) Unless the Court otherwise directs, the Registrar must, on or before the working day preceding that on which the next hearing of the proceedings is to take place, make a copy of any such report available to all parties to the proceedings.

(3) For the purpose of making the copy of the report available to the child or young person to whom the proceedings relate, the Registrar must make the copy available to—

(a) any legal practitioner or agent who is noted in the record of the Court as representing the child or young person, or

(b) if the child or young person is represented by a duty solicitor from the Children’s Legal Service Division of the Legal Aid Commission—the duty solicitor.

(4) This clause does not apply to any assessment report submitted by the Children’s Court Clinic.