178Responsibility of Secretary to provide information to parents

178 Responsibility of Secretary to provide information to parents (1) If a child is in out of home care because of a protection order or a therapeutic treatment (placement) order, the Secretary has a responsibility to provide information to the parents about the child, including the provision of personal information. (2) The Secretary is not required to provide information to a parent under subsection (1) if— (a) the child is over the age of 12 years and does not consent to the provision of the information and the Secretary considers the refusal of consent to be reasonable; or (b) the Secretary considers that it is not in the best interests of the child to provide the information; or (c) the Court has made an order under section 531 dispensing with service of all documents on that parent. S. 179 (Heading) amended by No. 6/2024 s. 95(1).