Status of Children Act 1974
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17 Reports
[Section 17 Inserted by No. 42 of 1994, s. 10, Applied:01 Aug 1997]
(1) A person who carries out a parentage testing procedure is to make a report in the prescribed form and manner of the information obtained as a result of carrying out such a procedure.
(2) A report made under subsection (1) may be admitted in evidence in any proceedings under this Part.
(3) If a report is admitted in evidence in any proceedings, a court, of its own motion, or at the request of a party to the proceedings or a person representing a child, may order the person who made the report or any other relevant person to appear and give evidence in relation to the report.