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Children, Youth and Families Act 2005
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559 Access to disposition report
(1) If a disposition report is required under section 557(1) or the Court orders a disposition report, the Secretary must, subject to subsection (2), cause a copy of the disposition report to be given before the hearing of the proceeding to each of the following—
(e) the protective intervener who made the protection application, if the protective intervener is not the Secretary;
(f) a party to the proceeding;
(2) The Court may by order restrict access to the whole of a disposition report, or a part of the report specified in the order, by a person mentioned in subsection (1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(f) or (1)(g) and specified in the order, if the Court is satisfied that information in the report, or the part of the report, may be prejudicial to the physical or mental health of the child or a parent of the child.
(b) a person mentioned in subsection (1); or
(c) with the leave of the Court, any other person—
(4) If the Court makes an order under subsection (2), it must cause a copy of the order to be served on the persons mentioned in subsection (1).
(5) A person who receives a copy of a disposition report or of part of a disposition report under this section (part or all of which was not given to the child who is the subject of the report or to that child's parent on account of an order made under subsection (2)) must not, unless otherwise directed by the Court, disclose to that child or parent any information contained in the report or the part of it (as the case requires) that was not given to that child or parent.