Royal Commissions Act 1902

This section applies to information if:

the information was given by, or on behalf of, a natural person to the Child Sexual Abuse Royal Commission other than for the purposes of a private session; and

the information contains an account of:

the natural person’s experiences of child sexual abuse in an institutional context; or

what happened to other people regarding child sexual abuse in an institutional context; and

the information identifies the natural person who gave the information, or on whose behalf the information was given; and

the Commission indicated that the information, if given, would be treated as confidential; and

the information was treated as confidential by the Commission.

Section 6OE applies in relation to the information as if it were a statement or disclosure made by the natural person at a private session for the Commission.

Sections 6OH, 6OK and 6OL apply in relation to the information as if it were information given by the natural person at a private session for the Commission.

Section 6OM applies in relation to the information as if it were a record that contains information obtained at a private session for the Commission.