Justice and Other Information Disclosure Act 2008
sec.7What is child protection information
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sec.7 What is child protection information
Information, about a person in the child protection system or a person in the criminal justice system, is child protection information if it is— obtained by a child protection agency in the performance of the agency’s functions under any Act or law or in the performance by a person employed or engaged by the agency of a function under any Act or law; and relevant to a purpose mentioned in section 8 . Without limiting subsection (1) , child protection information includes information about— the details of a court appearance of the person in a child protection proceeding or a justice proceeding; and a court decision made in a child protection proceeding or a justice proceeding. (sec.7-ssec.1) Information, about a person in the child protection system or a person in the criminal justice system, is child protection information if it is— obtained by a child protection agency in the performance of the agency’s functions under any Act or law or in the performance by a person employed or engaged by the agency of a function under any Act or law; and relevant to a purpose mentioned in section 8 . (sec.7-ssec.2) Without limiting subsection (1) , child protection information includes information about— the details of a court appearance of the person in a child protection proceeding or a justice proceeding; and a court decision made in a child protection proceeding or a justice proceeding.
- (a) obtained by a child protection agency in the performance of the agency’s functions under any Act or law or in the performance by a person employed or engaged by the agency of a function under any Act or law; and
- (b) relevant to a purpose mentioned in section 8 .
- (a) the details of a court appearance of the person in a child protection proceeding or a justice proceeding; and
- (b) a court decision made in a child protection proceeding or a justice proceeding.