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s 67ZB

No liability for notification under section 67Z or 67ZA

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Volume 1s 1-90
Part VIIChildren
Division 8Other matters relating to children
Subdivision DAllegations of child abuse and family violence

67ZB No liability for notification under section 67Z or 67ZA

(1)

A person:

(a)

must give notice under subsection 67Z(3) or 67ZA(2); or

(b)

may give notice under subsection 67ZA(3) or (4); or

(c)

may disclose other information under subsection 67ZA(6);

in spite of any obligation of confidentiality imposed on the person by this Act, another Act, another law or anything else (including a contract or professional ethics).

(2)

A person is not liable in civil or criminal proceedings, and is not to be considered to have breached any professional ethics, in respect of a notification under subsection 67Z(3) or 67ZA(2).

(3)

A person is not liable in civil or criminal proceedings, and is not to be considered to have breached any professional ethics, in respect of a notification under subsection 67ZA(3) or (4), or a disclosure under subsection 67ZA(6), if the notification or disclosure is made in good faith.

(4)

Evidence of a notification under subsection 67Z(3) or subsection 67ZA(2), (3) or (4), or a disclosure under subsection 67ZA(6), is not admissible in any court except where that evidence is given by the person who made the notification or disclosure.

(5)

In this section:

court means a court (whether or not exercising jurisdiction under this Act) and includes a tribunal or other body concerned with professional ethics.

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