Applications for DECCD access orders by email or other electronic means
80D Applications for DECCD access orders by email or other electronic means
An application for a DECCD access order may be made—
by email, or
in another way prescribed by the regulations for this section.
An application for a DECCD access order made under this section must be in the form prescribed by the regulations.
An eligible Judge must not issue a DECCD access order under this section unless the information given by the applicant in or in connection with the application is verified—
before the judge on oath or affirmation, or
by affidavit.
An eligible Judge may administer an oath or affirmation or take an affidavit for the purposes of an application for a DECCD access order.
The requirement under subsection (3) for information to be verified before an eligible Judge is taken to be satisfied if—
the applicant appears before the judge by audio visual link or telephone, and
the judge administers the oath or affirmation by the same means.
If the judge issues the order on an application made under this section, the judge may—
email the signed order to the applicant, or
provide the signed order to the applicant in any way prescribed by the regulations.
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed by the regulations
). Made under this Act:
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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