408Disputed report

408 Disputed report

(1) If any matter in a report is disputed by the child who is the subject of the report, the Children's Court must not take the disputed matter into consideration when determining the proceeding unless satisfied that the matter is true beyond reasonable doubt*.*

(a) a report, or any part of it, is disputed by the child who is the subject of the report; and

(b) the author of the report does not attend the proceeding despite having been required to attend under section 407—

the Children's Court must not take the report or the part in dispute into consideration when determining the proceeding unless the child consents to the report or the part in dispute being admitted into evidence.