Childrens Court Rules 2016

The litigation director may disclose a document relevant to a child protection proceeding by—

disclosing the document in accordance with a court order; or

if no order has been made—disclosing the document in accordance with a practice direction; or

if no order or practice direction has been made—

serving a copy of the document on a party; or

producing the document, or a copy of the document, for inspection under subrule (2).

The litigation director may produce the document, or a copy of the document, for inspection by—

notifying the parties to the proceeding in writing of a convenient place and time to inspect the document; and

producing the document for inspection at the time and place; and

allowing or arranging for copies of the document to be made.

The litigation director must, when serving a document or making it available for inspection, state that disclosure of a document or information disclosed by the litigation director under the Child Protection Act, section 189C is an offence.