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Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1997
101ALegal and professional immunity for disclosures, &c., made in good faith
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### 101A Legal and professional immunity for disclosures, &c., made in good faith
> [*\[Section 101A Inserted by No. 15 of 2011, s. 12, Applied:28 Jun 2011\]*](/view/html/inforce/2011-06-28/act-2011-015#GS12@EN)
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> > (1) This section applies if a person –
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> > > > (a) answers a question or provides a report or information as required –
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> > > > > > (i) by an assessment order; or
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> > > > > > (ii) by an interim assessment order; or
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> > > > > > (iii) by the Secretary under the authority of an assessment order or interim assessment order; or
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> > > > > > (iv) otherwise under this Act; or
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> > > > (b) provides a voluntary risk notification.
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> > (2) In so far as the person answers the question or provides the report, information or voluntary risk notification in good faith –
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> > > > (a) the person does not thereby incur any civil or criminal liability; and
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> > > > (b) the person cannot be held to have thereby breached any code of professional etiquette or ethics, or to have departed from any accepted standard of professional conduct or to have contravened any Act.
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> > (3) In this section –
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> > > ***voluntary risk notification*** means a notification referred to in [paragraph (a)](#GS3@Gs1@Nd233201104911@Hpa@EN) of the [definition of ***risk notification***](#GS3@Gs1@Nd233201104911@EN) in [section 3(1)](#GS3@Gs1@EN) .